Bogura, July 10 -- The Detective Branch of police arrested three suspected robbers and recovered seven stolen cattle along with a truck that was used in a highway heist that was perpetrated in Bogura's Sherpur upazila in the early hours of Thursday.

The arrests were made during overnight drives in Tangail's Kalihati upazila and the Jamuna Bridge West area.

According to police, cattle trader Jamal Uddin filed a case with Sherpur Police Station on Thursday, alleging that a gang of robbers looted 12 cattle, three mobile phones and Tk 15,000 in cash from him on the Bogura-Dhaka highway.

Police said Jamal had purchased the cattle from Rasulganj cattle market in Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat district and was transporting them to Cumilla by ...