Huge quantity of yaba seized, 5 held
Detective Branch (DB) of police recovered 12,600 pieces of yaba tablets from the capital's Mohammadpur Dam area yesterday and arrested five persons along with a truck and a motorbike in this connection.
The arrestees were Rafiqul Islam Palash, 25, Ibrahim Khalil, 29, Md Delwar Hossain, 19, Emadur Rahman, 20, Md Amin, 19, and Abu Taher, 30.
On information, a team of DB police, led by Assistant Commissioner (North) Gobinda Chandra Pal, chased a truck heading for the old part of the city from Gabtoli around 2:30am.
On searching the vehicle, police recovered the yaba tablets from beneath the driver's seat and nabbed Rafiqul, Ibrahim, Delwar, Emadur and driver Amin from the truck, said Gazi Rabiul Islam, assistant commissioner at media and community centre.
Taher was arrested as he escorting the truck by a motorbike, he added.
Meanwhile, DB police arrested two persons along with 100 yaba tablets in their possession at Bijoynagar in Paltan on Friday.
The arrestees were Sanwar Hossain, 23, and Mostafizur Rahman, 20.
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