Narsingdi:Police have arrested a woman and seized 140 rounds of cartridges from a Dhaka-bound passenger bus in the Raipura upazila of Narsingdi early Monday.
According to United News of Bangladesh, the arrestee has been identified as Swapna Akter, 42, a widow from the Badughar area under Brahmanbaria Sadar upazila.
A police team established a special checkpoint on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway in the Mahmudabad area following a tip-off. At approximately 420 am, they intercepted an Ena Paribahan bus heading for Dhaka and discovered the cartridges in Swapna's possession, as stated by Md. Mojibur Rahman, Officer-in-Charge of Raipura Police Station.
A case has been filed at the Raipura Police Station in connection with the incident. Swapna was presented before a Narsingdi court on Monday afternoon after an initial interrogation. An investigation is ongoing to ascertain the origin and intended destination of the ammunition and to identify any potential accomplices, the Officer-in-Charge added.