Yaba, heroin seized in two districts

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Tuesday arrested three drug peddlers and seized illegal drugs from their possession in Patnitola upazila of Naogaon and Akkelpur upazila of Joypurhat.

Joypurhat  Rab Deputy Director Jahurul Islam said, acting on information, a team of Rab-5 raided Atithi Filling Station in Patnitola upazila of Naogaon on Tuesday and arrested Harun Ur Rashid, 33, and Yousuf Ali, 26. The team recovered 13,300 Yaba pills from their possession.

The arrestees are sons of Kafil Uddin of Helencha-Dangapara village under Patnitola upazila of Naogaon.

In another raid, another Rab team arrested Md Niloy Hossain, 28, from Rajakanda village in Akkelpur upazila of Joypurhat in the early hours of Tuesday and seized 76 grams of heroin from his possession.

Niloy is son of Abdul Hossain of Dighirpur village in Chapainwabganj.