Police arrested three members of a forest robber gang from Pashurtola Khal in the Sundarbans under Satkhira range on Saturday.
The arrestees were Rabiul Islam (30), Tabibur Rahman Morol (26), Shahidul Islam Sheikh (25), a news agency reported.
Syed Mannan Ali, the Officer-in-Charge of Shyamnagar police station, said that acting on secret information, police conducted a drive when the forest robber gang ‘Nur Hossian Bahini’ was taking preparation to commit a robbery at Pashurtola Khal in Shyamnagar upazila.
Police also recovered a one-barrel pistol and 20 rounds of bullets.