Dhaka: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) held four alleged criminals along with pistols, ammunition and knives at Mirpur in the city on Thursday.  

Tipped off, a team of RAB-4 launched a drive in Mirpur area and detained the four criminals who worked as ‘hired killers’, sources at RAB-4 said.

During the drive, the crime busters also recovered three foreign made pistols, 21 ammunitions, three knives and some magazines from the area.