Dhaka, April 27 -- Bangladesh Navy seized a large cache of foreign firearms, ammunition and yaba pills during a special operation in Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar late Sunday night, officials said.

The Navy has been conducting regular drives in its responsible area to curb drugs, recover illegal arms, and suppress terrorism and crime, they added.

Acting on secret information, two well-coordinated operational teams of the Bangladesh Navy, including specialised force SWADS, carried out the drive in the Phuler Dail area under Hnila union of Teknaf.

During the drive, law enforcers searched the house of M Delwar Hossain, an associate of warrant-listed accused Bhuttu Saiful, and recovered two G3 rifles, one MA1 rifle, eight magazines, 190 ro...