Police later recovered an old Ignitor 125cc motorcycle from an abandoned house in Rahmatabad under Mithanala union around 7:20am.
TBS Report
15 October, 2026, 02:05 pm
Last modified: 15 October, 2026, 02:10 pm
Police have arrested four alleged members of an inter-district vehicle theft gang and recovered six stolen motorcycles and a bicycle during raids in Chattogram and Noakhali.
The arrests and recoveries were made between 12 and 13 October by a team from Kotwali Police Station under the Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP), according to a CMP press release.
The arrestees are Abdur Rahman alias Sumon alias Anwar, 27; Mainuddin Murad, 27; Shahadat Hossain, 30; and Abu Huraira, 30.
Acting on a tip-off, police arrested Abdur Rahman around 4:40am on 12 October near the stairs of a wooden bungalow in the CRB area of Chattogram and recovered a bicycle from him.
During preliminary interrogation, he allegedly told police that he and his associates stole motorcycles from different parts of Chattogram city and other districts before storing them in Mirsharai and Jorarganj in Chattogram and Sudharam in Noakhali.
Based on the information, police arrested Mainuddin Murad around 6:30am in front of a furniture shop opposite Ishak Driver Hat Central Jame Mosque in Mithanala union of Mirsharai. An old Honda Livo 110cc motorcycle and a Vivo T4x 5G smartphone were recovered from him.
Police later recovered an old Ignitor 125cc motorcycle from an abandoned house in Rahmatabad under Mithanala union around 7:20am.
Around 8:50am, the team arrested Shahadat Hossain at Haji Abdul Khalek's house in Ichakhali under Jorarganj Police Station and recovered an old Hero Splendor motorcycle from him.
The operation then moved to Noakhali's Sudharam area, where police arrested Abu Huraira around 4:10pm on 12 October near a shop belonging to Nurul Amin in the Maleka Samaj area of Eawazbalia union. An old Glamour 125cc motorcycle, a Honda Dream Neo motorcycle and a Vivo Y19s Pro mobile phone were recovered, the press release said.
Following further information from the arrestees, police recovered another old Yamaha Saluto motorcycle from Hakimpur Kalamiya Bepari Bari in Datpur union under Sudharam Police Station around 10:30pm on 13 October.
Police said the suspects admitted during preliminary interrogation that they knowingly kept the recovered motorcycles despite knowing they were stolen. However, they allegedly did not disclose where the vehicles had originally been stolen from.
A case was filed at Kotwali Police Station on 14 October under Section 411 of the Penal Code, which deals with dishonestly receiving or retaining stolen property.
According to the press release, Abdur Rahman has four previous cases under theft-related provisions and the Special Powers Act, while Shahadat Hossain has two cases under the Anti-Terrorism Act and other laws.