Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-6) in separate drives arrested eight robbers of Sundarbans from Dakop upazila and Mongla EPZ area.
The RAB team also seized firearms and ammunition from their possession, said the chief of RAB-6 Lt Col Md Firoz Kabir at its headquarters in the city on Sunday.
On secret information, a team of RAB-6 conducted drives at Dakop upazila in Khulna last night and arrested Asabur Sana, chief of 'Asabur Bahini,' Shaheen Sana, Israfil Sana and Shariful Dhali.
Following their confessional statement, they conducted a drive in the Mongla EPZ area in Bagerhat and arrested Shafiqul Islam, Rakib Farazi, Sohan Mridha and Akbor Ali Sheikh.
The RAB team also seized foreign and country-made illegal arms and ammunition from their possession, Firoz Kabir said.
The arrested primarily confessed that they have been involved in a robbery in the Sundarbans for a long time, he said.
