Chattogram district detective police arrested two people during an operation in a remote hilly area of Kelishahar Union in Patiya and later recovered four firearms, locally made weapons and two mobile phones, police said. Superintendent of Police Md Masud Alam disclosed the information at a news conference at the Chattogram district police office at noon on Saturday. The detainees were identified as Md Delwar Hossain, 54, and Md Mohsin, 33, both residents of Innapara in Kelishahar Union.

According to the police superintendent, a DB team conducted the operation on Thursday afternoon after receiving confidential information. Police said the raid was carried out despite difficult terrain and the risk of possible armed resistance. A later search of Delwar Hossain’s home in Innapara recovered six kirich blades, five ramda machetes, one damada, an iron-cutting tool and two mobile phones from beneath a bed.

DB police then raided a tree garden belonging to Afsar in Chativanga of the same union and recovered two single-barrel guns and two locally made LG firearms that had been hidden there. Preliminary police findings say the firearms and other weapons were stockpiled for use in terrorist and criminal activities. Investigations and operations are continuing to identify other associates, the source of the weapons and possible armed groups, while legal action is being processed.