Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested three members of a robber gang while they were committing robbery in a bus on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in the port city on Thursday night.
The arrestees were identified as Md Kabir Hosssain, 28, of Modhhobausia, Jewel Rana, 28, and Mahabub Sardar, 28, of Charchasi village under Gazaria Thana of Munshiganj district.
On a tip-off, an elite force team conducted raid on the highway and arrested them red-handed when committing robbery in Bhoberchar area, reports UNB.
The team recovered a one-shutter-gun, six rounds of bullet, a Chinese axe, a knife and a GI pipe from their possession, said RAB-11.