Narsingdi, Oct. 26 -- Police arrested a woman and seized 140 rounds of cartridges from a Dhaka-bound passenger bus in Raipura upazila of Narsingdi early Monday.

The arrestee was identified as Swapna Akter, 42, widow of late Abdus Samad, hailing from Badughar area under Brahmanbaria Sadar upazila.

A police team set up a special checkpoint on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Mahmudabad area following a tip-off. Around 4:20am, police intercepted an Ena Paribahan bus heading for Dhaka and recovered 140 cartridges from Swapna's possession, Md. Mojibur Rahman, Officer-in-Charge of Raipura Police Station said.

A case has been filed with Raipura Police Station in this connection.

Swapna was produced before a Narsingdi court on Monday afternoon fol...