Jashore Correspondent

In a series of anti-narcotics operations conducted across the district, the Detective Branch (DB) of Jashore District Police arrested five individuals, recovering 2,170 Yaba tablets and 20 bottles of foreign cough syrup, while seizing a private car used in illicit transport.

The operations were executed between October 28 and October 29 by specialized DB units acting on specific intelligence inputs across Kotwali Model and Jhikargachha police station areas.

During an operation on Wednesday at  9:25 pm, a DB team led by Sub-Inspector (SI) Babla Das and Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Ripon Ali intercepted a private car on the Jashore-Benapole highway in front of New Akij Petroleum Ltd. within Ward No. 6 of Arabpur Union under Kotwali Model Upazila. Authorities arrested Md. Yasin Gazi (26), son of Md. Hafizur Rahman, and Md. Abdul Gaffar (30), son of Md. Abdul Rashid, both hailing from West Kota village under Sharsha Upazila, after recovering 2,000 Yaba tablets from their possession and impounding the vehicle.

In a separate drive earlier that evening at 9:05 pm, a DB team led by SI Md. Abdullah Al Azad arrested Md. Badshah Mia (29), son of Md. Jalal Matubber of Shankarpur Jamaddar Para, near the Hazrat Osman (R) Mosque adjacent to Chotoner Mor along the Monihar-to-New Bus Terminal road in Ward No. 7 of Kotwali Model Police Station, recovering 30 Yaba tablets from his custody.

Earlier on Wednesday afternoon at 3:55 pm, a DB unit led by SI Md. Kamal Hossain intercepted a suspect on the roadside near the residence of one Ear Ali in Shankarpur village under Shankarpur Union of Jhikargachha Upazila. Officers arrested Md. Shahidul Islam (50), son of the late Zahur Ali Molla from Rudrapur South Para under Sharsha Upazila, along with 20 bottles of illicit Wincerex cough syrup.

In a fourth operation on Thursday at 1:05 pm, a team led by SI Sk. Hadiuzzaman operated near Khadija Medical and Diagnostic Centre along the Chachra Bazar Mor-to-Shankarpur Bus Terminal road under Kotwali Model Police Station. Police arrested Md. Hasibur Islam Faim (19), son of Md. Mohammad Ali from Chor Mara Dighir Paschimpar, recovering 140 Yaba tablets from his possession.

Following preliminary legal procedures, all five accused were produced before the cognizant judicial magistrate courts in Jashore on Thursday, October 29, under relevant provisions of the Narcotics Control Act.