6 Rohingyas Held While Preparing for Robbery

Members of Armed Police Battalion (APBn) detained six Rohingyas at Ukhiya Upazila in Cox’s Bazar district on Saturday night when they were taking preparation for robbery, reports media.

The detained Rohingyas are Fozol Ahmed, 33, Md Hossain, 31, Dil Mohammad, 40, Md Hossain, 28, Md Alam, 24, and Md Yasin, 30, refugees of Camp-7 at Kutupalong.

Acting on a tip-off, a team of APBn-14 conducted a drive at Irani Hill of Kutupalong Refugee Camp at night and detained the robbers, said its captain Md Naymul Haque.

A total of six machetes were seized from their possessions.

The detained men confessed to their involvement in different types of crime in the camp area, Naymul Haque added.

They were sent to Ukhiya Police Station for taking legal action, the APBn official further added.