Banned drugs seized, 1 held

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) seized different illegal drugs worth around Tk 7.2 lakh from Mithapukur upazila of Rangpur and arrested a man in this connection on November 24.

The arrestee is Isha Ali Shamim of Padmapukur village in the upazila.

“Tipped off, a Rab team detained Isha and seized 50 grams of heroin, 390 Yaba tablets and 10 bottles of contraband Phensidyl syrup from his possession,” said ASP Habibur Rahman, in-charge of Rab-13, Gaibandha unit.