Two trucks loaded with fabric waste worth about Tk 7.4 million were robbed at gunpoint in Ishwardi upazila of Pabna. The incident occurred on Tuesday night near a weighing scale beside the Lalon Shah Bridge link road in Diar Baghail area of Pakshi union. The robbers, a group of 10 to 12 armed men on motorcycles, held the drivers, helpers, and scale workers hostage and assaulted them before fleeing with two of the six trucks. District Detective Branch (DB) police later recovered the trucks with the goods after an overnight operation, though no arrests have yet been made.

A case has been filed at Ishwardi Police Station by the owner’s representative, naming 10 to 12 unidentified suspects. According to police, the robbers initially parked the stolen trucks near a school in Pakshi before moving them to Pabna’s BSCIC area and later to Gachhpāra. DB police rescued the drivers and took the trucks into custody. Officials described the incident as a planned robbery by an organized armed group and confirmed that the suspects have been identified, with efforts ongoing to arrest them.