Dhaka, June 23 -- Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel seized firearms, ammunition, mortar shells, and anti-hand grenades in a special operation conducted in Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar district.

According to a BGB press release, the seized items include one locally made pistol, 10 rifle bullets, three 60mm mortar shells, four anti-hand grenades, two body-set fuses, and three additional fuses.

Acting on a tip-off that a consignment of firearms and ammunition was being smuggled through the Hoiyang border under the jurisdiction of BGB's Ukhiya Battalion (64 BGB), BGB members conducted a raid in the Bilasir Dwip area of the Hoiyang border around 5:25 pm on Sunday. The arms and ammunition were found abandoned in the jungle during the r...