7 robbers held in Ctg

Tipped off, a Rab team from Baroiyarhat camp kept waiting at MSK Jute Mills point on the highway and arrested the seven robbers with two looted trucks (Feni-Ta-050158 and Chattagram-Ta-3759).

The seven are Abdus Shukkur, Mahbub Alam, Delwar Hossain, Dulal Hossain, Mujibur Rahman, Badshah Meah and Noor Mohammad, one of the two drivers.

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During Rab interrogation, they confessed their involvement in highway robbery for long. They were handed over to Sitakunda police.

Rab-7 has set up three camps at Baroiyarhat, Feni and Comilla on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway following a spurt in incidents robbery. Several trucks with export-import cargo were taken away by highway robbers in recent days.

The Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) earlier demanded Rab camps and regular patrol on the highway.