3 held with heroin in Rajshahi

Police in a drive arrested three alleged drug traders with 1.1kg heroin from Gopalpur in Rajshahi's Godagari upazila on Wednesday. The arrestees are Jamila (30), Babu Sheikh (21) and Selanur (35).

Acting on a tip-off that some people were heading towards Rajshahi with huge amounts of heroin, a police team intercepted an auto-rickshaw at Gopalpur and seized the drugs worth over Tk 1 crore from the three.

Later, police arrested them for possessing heroin, said Kamruzzaman Mia, in-charge of Godagari Premtoli police camp.