7 yaba traders surrender in mosque
Seven yaba traders yesterday surrendered to police inside a mosque in front of worshippers during Juma prayers in port city’s Bakalia area, responding to Chattogram Metropolitan Police’s (CMP) call to surrender.
Khatibs of 38 mosques located in Bakalia area had circulated the call to surrender directed towards drug peddlers and their family members on May 10 from their respective mosques, urging them to shun the path of destruction.
Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Bakalia Police Station Nezam Uddin told The Daily Star, “The seven yaba traders gave themselves up at Madani Masjid area of Bajroghona in front of 2,000 worshippers, before sermon of Juma prayers.”
“Bakalia police has launched a crackdown against drug peddlers since May 2. Police arrested 84 drug peddlers and filed 64 cases in the ongoing crackdown,” said the OC, adding that the surrender is the outcome of the drive.
The drug traders who surrendered are: Md Abu Bakkar, 45; Md Abdul Mabud, 38; Md Shahjahan, 45; Md Shamshu, 40; Md Eskandar Mirza, 56; Md Wasiur Rahman, 45; and Md Ishaq, 50.
OC Nezam said they stand accused in several cases filed with Bakalia Police Station.
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