Assault rifle, ammunition recovered in Rohingya camp shootout

The Armed Police Battalion (APBn) have recovered an assault rifle and a large cache of ammunition from a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar's Ukhiya, reports bdnews24.com.
In a separate operation, four firearms and ammunition were recovered from another Rohingya camp in Teknaf, APBn officials say.
The raids took place on Thursday afternoon at the registered Rohingya camp in Nhilla union's Nayapara and that night at a Rohingya camp in Ukhiya's Palankhali Union.
An APBn team conducted the raid in Ukhiya around 11:00 pm after receiving a tip-off that criminals were stockpiling weapons, said Additional Superintendent of Police Md Kamran Hossain, deputy commander of Ukhiya-8 APBn.
"When APBn personnel arrived at the scene, the criminals spotted them and opened fire. APBn returned fire in self-defence. At one point, the criminals retreated while shooting. After the gunfire stopped, the area was searched and an automatic assault rifle and 491 bullets were recovered," he said.
No one was caught in the raid, the APBn official said.