Women arrested with 653 bottles of phensedyl
Police arrested two women in possession of 653 bottles of phensedyl from Barisal Colonoy under the port city's Sadarghat police station, in a block raid early yesterday.
The arrestees were identified as Parul Begum, 50, and Johura Begum, 52. They are residents of the colony, police said.
Shah Abdur Rouf, additional deputy commissioner of Chittagong Metropolitan Police (South), told reporters on the spot that they demolished at least one hundred makeshift drug spots at Barisal Colony only a few days ago. But on Friday, police learned that a group of people are hoarding narcotics at the colony, prompting them to launch an overnight block raid. The drive was conducted as part of the nationwide crackdown on drugs, he added.
Police recovered at least 653 bottles of phensedyl in four sacks from a drain adjacent to their house.
Rouf said Parul is known in the colony as "bhabi", under whom at least 30 to 35 women are engaged in trafficking and selling phensedyl. Johura Begum is in charge of the money in the business, he claimed. Some of the women worked as informants, whose duty is to inform the traders about presence of police and new faces in the colony.
“We will seek remand from the court to glean information to know the patron behind them”, Abdur Rouf said.
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