Law enforcers recovered 13,582 bullets and 13kg of explosives buried in Gozari forest in Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur early yesterday.
The bullets, which are of small machineguns (SMGs) and rifles, and the bomb-making materials were hidden in Nishchintapur area of the forest, Lt Col Md Rashidul Alam, commanding officer of Rapid Action Battalion-1, told The Daily Star.
A team of Rab, following a tip-off, raided the area around 3:30am, he said. A dog squad helped Rab sniff out the stash.
The bullets (model -7.62) were kept in 50 packets, which were stashed in five sacks, said the Rab official. A trunk was also found which had bomb-making materials and explosives weighing 13kg, Rashidul added.
Quoting experts of Rab's bomb disposal unit, he said the explosives were made locally.
He said up to 100 small bombs could be made with the seized explosives.
He, however, said the explosives they recovered were different from those seized from militants earlier. Militants usually use stock foreign-made explosives, the Rab-1 chief said.
The Rab official said they could not ascertain the origin of the bullets, as they had no labels.
Source : The Daily Star
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