Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) yesterday claimed to have arrested 13 alleged muggers from the capital in the last two days and seized 377 mobile phones, two tablets, one laptop, two pistols, six bullets and knives.

A drive in Mohammadpur yielded five suspects along with the firearms, a Rab official told a press conference at its Karwan Bazar media centre. The others were held yesterday in Kamrangirchar, he added.