Former UP chairman among 7 held with Yaba
Police arrested seven people, including a former union parishad chairman, from Gouripur upazila of the district early yesterday and seized Yaba tablets from their possession.
The arrestees are Dulal Ahmed, 50, ex-chairman of Sahanati Union Parishad under the upazila, Ripon Miah, 40, Tipu Miah, 40, Milon Hossain, 20, Shababuddin Ahmed, 37, Sourav, 26, and Hosne Ara Begum, 40.
Acting on a tip-off, a police team raided the house of Dulal in Sahanati area and arrested the seven with 575 Yaba tablets, said Md Akhtar Morshed, officer-in-charge of Gouripur Police Station.
The arrestees have been involved in Yaba trading in Gouripur and adjacent upazilas for long, the OC added.
The arrestees were produced before a Mymensingh court yesterday afternoon with a remand prayer. The court didn't hear the remand prayer and sent them to jail.
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