In a major crackdown on the trade of sharp weapons allegedly linked to juvenile gangs and criminal groups, the Bangladesh Army has recovered a massive stockpile of over 11 hundred weapons from sales outlets and warehouses in the capital’s New Market area.
The operation, conducted on Saturday following intelligence gathered over several days, uncovered a cache of samurai swords, machetes, and other sharp-bladed weapons.
According to Army sources, many of these items resemble those used in recent violent incidents involving teenage gangs across Dhaka.
Acting on a tip-off and confessions from recently arrested suspects, army intelligence officers began surveillance of several shops in the New Market area.
Field operatives discovered that many of the weapons had no legitimate domestic use and were being sold or rented to criminal elements.