Two held with OMS rice

Two people were arrested along with 170 sacks of Open Market Sale (OMS) rice at Panchpara bazaar in Balaganj upazila early Monday. The arrestees were identified as Khalilur Rahman, 42, and Abdul Kadir, 22. Acting on a tip-off, police intercepted a truck on Tajpur-Balaganj Road and recovered the OMS rice from it. They arrested the truck driver and his helper. Additional sub-inspector Jahangir Alam of Balaganj PS said, rice trader Bimol after purchasing the rice from three OMS rice outlets was sending it to the district town by the truck.