Members of Special Response Battalion (SRB)-9 recovered an active foreign pistol with a magazine and two rounds of ammunition during an operation in the Bairagi Tila area under Chunarughat Police Station in Habiganj on Wednesday.
According to SRB-9, an operational team from the CPC-3 Shayestaganj Camp conducted the drive based on secret information. The force had received a tip-off that several individuals were present near Bairagi Tila under Chunarughat Police Station to buy and sell drugs.
Upon arriving at the location, the operational team carried out an extensive search. At one stage, they recovered an active 7.65 mm model foreign pistol with a magazine and two rounds of ammunition, wrapped in a white cloth in an abandoned state inside a bamboo grove beside Bairagi Tila.
However, no individual could be arrested at the time.
SRB further stated that the recovered firearm and ammunition were handed over to Chunarughat Police Station for necessary legal action.
An investigation is ongoing to identify and arrest those involved in the incident.
