A total of 50 ‘pirates’ of 12 gangs surrendered in Chattogram along with firearms on Thursday.

Under the supervision of Rab-7, the pirates of Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar coastal areas surrendered to Home minister Asaduzzaman Khan and submitted their firearms at a programme at the Elite Hall of Rab-7 in Patenga.

They promised to return to normal life after leaving the criminal activities.

Sharif-ul-Alam, senior assistant director of Rab-7, said among the 50 pirates, one is female and three of them were listed in the Home Ministry’s list.

Innty arms including 35 guns, 18 SBBL, 17 one-shutter guns, one gun, one pistol, one revolver, three foreign-made pistols, one SMG, two air guns were submitted.

So far, a total of 342 pirates of Banshkhali, Chakaria, Pekua, Maheshkhali, Kutubdia, Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar have been arrested and around 2603 arms and 29,123 ammunitions were seized from their possession, according to Rab-7.