8,500 bottles of Phensidyl seized
Members of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) seized 8,500 bottles of Phensidyl at Balashi ghat under Fulchari upazila in Gaibandha yesterday.
Acting on a tip-off, an anti-smuggling task force of BDR chased a truck and seized 8,500 bottles of Phensidyl, and arrested the truck driver Nurul Islam. Together with other goods the truck was carrying the Phensidyl bottles.
The driver of the truck shifted his route as the task force chased him. The task force captured the truck with the help of Gaibandha police.
UNB from Comilla adds: Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in their separate drives seized over 1500 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup and arrested two alleged women drug peddlers from different places of the district yesterday.
The arrestees were identified as Monwara Begum, 34, and Mafia Begum, 32.
A team of Rab-11 conducted a drive at Babochibazar on Dhaka-Chittagong Highway under Chuddagram upazila early yesterday and recovered 1,300 bottles of Phensidyl in abandoned condition.
Another team of Rab arrested Monwara and Mafia along with 230 bottles of Phensidyl from Shankuchail and Bibirhat area in the afternoon.
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