Govt medicines seized

Police in a drive seized huge quantity of government medicines from the house of a medicine shop owner in Wireless Colony area of the town on Tuesday.

Earlier on June 25, police detained Sarafat Ali, owner of Town Pharmacy in Puranbazar area, and recovered huge smuggled government medicines from his shop.

According to his confession, police raided his house on Tuesday and recovered more government medicines from there, Officer in Charge of Sadar Police Station Mahfuz Alam said.

Mentionable, on June 23, police arrested Abdur Razzak and his wife Nilufar Yesmin from Driverpara area of the town and recovered smuggled government medicines and medical equipment worth Tk 6 lakh from their possession.