Police recovered 517gm of gunpowder during a drive in Basudevpur area under Hakimpur upazila of the district on Tuesday night.

Acting on a tip-off, a team of Hakimpur police raided Hakimpur Women's College area at Basudevpur on late Tuesday night and seized the gunpowder that police suspect was brought into the country from India.

Police could not arrest anyone as the criminals managed to flee sensing presence of the law enforcers, said Officer-in-Charge of Hakimpur Police Station Abdus Sabur. The OC, however, confirmed the seizure of the gunpowder.