Chapainawabganj, Dec. 29 -- Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members seized 2.15 kg of gunpowder and materials used to make crude bombs from an abandoned mango orchard in Chapainawabganj's Shibganj upazila on Sunday night.

A team from the Chapainawabganj RAB camp conducted a drive based on secret information and recovered 2.15 kg of gunpowder from a polythene bag.

Another polythene bag contained bomb-making materials, including glass powder, broken blades, iron wires, three rolls of red tape and three containers of jorda, according to a press release issued by RAB-5's Chapainawabganj camp on Monday morning.

No one was arrested in connection with the recovery, the press release said.

The seized gunpowder and bomb-making materials have been...