Cox’s Bazar: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a special drive unearthed a gunsmith factory in the dense hilly jungle of Pahartali in Maheshkhali upazila and arrested two people in this connection on Wednesday.

Lt Col Ashekur Rahman, company commander of Cox’s Bazar Rab‐7, said on information, a RAB team carried out the drive in the forest from 9:00am to 3:00pm and unearthed the gunsmith factory.

The elite force recovered 22 homemade firearms, 22 rounds of bullets, and 33 pieces of various gunsmith tools searching the factory.

The RAB members also arrested workers Mohammad Abdul Mabud, of Munshir Deil village in Pahartali, and Md Abu Taher, of Ahammodia Kata village of the upazila, in this connection.