Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) recovered several cocktails and petrol bombs from Jhargharia area of Badalgachhi upazila in Naogaon district on Wednesday.

According to RAB sources, they conducted a drive in Jhargharia village and recovered the explosive items near a grocery shop in an abandoned condition.

RAB officials recovered six cocktails, four petrol bombs and about 400 grams of bomb-making chemicals from a plastic sack containing a paper carton from the spot.

RAB officials confirmed the incident and said that the recovered items were later destroyed in an open field with assistance from a bomb disposal unit.

After destruction of the explosives, a general diary (GD) was filed with Badalgachhi Police Station, added RAB officials.