RAB-13 seized 17.5 -Kg marijuana, 69 bottles of phensedyl, 6 arrested in Lalmonirhat
Sabbir Hossain, Hatibandha (Lalmonirhat)
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-13 recovered 17.5 kilograms of marijuana, 69 bottles of phensedyl and one bottle of foreign liquor were in Lalmonirhat recently.
Six drug dealers from two districts were arrested during this operation.
Thuswas confirmed by RAB-13’s Senior Assistant Director (Media), Flight Lieutenant Mohammad Saifullah Naeem, in a press release on Friday (March 14).
On Thursday (March 13) at 10:30 pm, RAB members searched a passenger bus in Kakina Bazaar, Kaliganj upazila of Lalmonirhat. During the search, they found 69 bottles of phensedyl and one bottle of foreign liquor, and arrested Abu Sayem Khokon (28) and Mohammad Ruku Mia (19), both residents of Chaparhat area in Kaliganj.
Earlier, at 5:25 pm on the same day, RAB conducted a search of an auto-rickshaw at a checkpoint in Shaheedbagh Bailey Bridge Bazaar, Kaunia upazila of Rangpur. They seized 17.5- kg of marijuana and arrested Mohammad Meher Chishti (28), Mohammad Habil (24), Mohammad Kabil (24), and Mohammad Mustafa Kamal (19). All of them are from Kashipur area in Fulbari Upazila, Kurigram.
The arrested individuals have been charged under the Narcotics Control Act and handed over to the respective police stations.
RAB-13 has said, their anti-drug operations will continue.
