Three drug peddlers held
Police arrested three alleged drug peddlers with 25 kilogram of hemp from Junail Pakkhimari area in Madarganj municipality yesterday.
The arrestees are Sohel, 35, son of Samsul Haque Mollah of Durmuth in Melandah upazila, Shaha Ali, 32, son of Ansar Ali of Digrirchar Farazipara village in Islampur and Sumon, 38, son of late Abdul Karim of Charnadagari village in Madarganj.
On information, police waylaid a private car carrying four passengers in the area and arrested the three with the hemp around 7:00am. However, their cohort managed to flee the scene.
A case was filed, accusing the three, said Rafiqul Islam, officer-in-charge of Madarganj Police Station.
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