Beer, yaba tablets seized

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in separate drives arrested three drug peddlers and seized 1,440 cans of beer and 780 yaba tablets worth about Tk 7.44 lakh from Feni and the port city yesterday.
The arrestees were identified as Mujibur Rahman, 52, Roman alias Sumon, 26, and Sumon's brother Ali Akbar, 28. All are from Chandpur.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of Rab-7 conducted a drive on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Jor-kachar area under Feni Sadar Police Station and arrested Mujibur with 1,440 cans of beer worth Tk 4.32 lakh. A microbus, which was used for drug peddling, was also seized.
Later, another team of Rab-7 conducted a drive on the road in front of Bonoful and Co at Alankar Circle in Pahartali of the port city and held the other two with 780 yaba tablets worth about Tk 3.12 lakh.