, Oct. 5 -- Seventeen people were arrested along with weapon and drugs in a special drive conducted jointly by the Army and Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-2 at Geneva Camp in the capital's Mohammadpur early Sunday.

The arrestees were Md Monowar Hossain (24), Md Abid Hossain (32), Md Nur Islam (20), Md Banna (36), Md Abdul Latif (50), Md Alamgir (40), Md Bulu (21), Md Firoz (26), Md Al Amin (20), Md Bhuttu (50), Md Aslam (16), Md Zafar (40), Md Tajuddin (40), Md Masum (38), Md Javed (41), Md Murad (18) and Md Babu (31).

During the drive, law enforcers seized a samurai sword used in mugging and 4.964 kilograms of cannabis from their possessions.

ASP Khan Asif Tapu, Senior Assistant Director (Media) of RAB-2, said several groups involved in...