4 drug peddlers, 18 abusers held
Law enforcers in separate drives yesterday arrested four alleged drug peddlers along with 23,000 yaba pills and 18 drug abusers in Chittagong.
In Patiya upazila, Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) officials arrested a drug peddler with 16,500 yaba pills. The arrestee is Khabir Hossain, 27, of Joydebpur, said Mimtanur Rahman, media officer of Rab-7.
Rab officials conducted a drive in Shantirhaat area around 5:00am and arrested Khabir at a Dhaka-bound bus with the pills worth Tk 82.5 lakh. A case was filed.
Meanwhile, Department of Narcotics Control officials arrested three drug peddlers with 6,500 yaba pills and 18 drug abusers in port city.
The arrested peddlers are Md Sadek alias Ilias, Shamsul Alam, and Nur Kabir.
Sadek was arrested with 4,000 yaba pills in Shah Amanat Bridge area, Shamsul with 1,500 pills in Mohra and Nur Kabir with 1,000 pills in Burir Pukur Par, said DNC.
Cases were filed against the peddlers. The abusers were given different jail terms.
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