Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard arrested 14 suspected robbers and recovered some sharp weapons in the Meghna River in Sadar upazila early Tuesday.
The identities of the arrestees could not be known yet.
ASM Lutfar Rahman, Coast Guard Chandpur station commander, said the arrestees travelling on a trawler did not respond to their signal and tried to hide in the midnight.
Coast Guard members arrested them from there with some sharp weapons, 10 Yaba pills, some hemp and seized two trawlers, he added.
Legal action will be taken against them, he added.