RANGPUR, Oct 23, 2018 (BSS) – Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-13) arrested an alleged drug trader with 8,000 pieces of smuggled Yaba tablets from Syedpur upazila town in Nilphamari this afternoon, a press release said here tonight.
The arrested person is Babu Roy, 40, son of late Ashotsoh Roy of Natun Bazar area in Parbotipur upazila town of nearby Dinajpur district.
The elite force conducted a raid at a place on the Shaheed Dr Zikrul Haque Road in Syedpur town, seized the huge quantity of Yaba tablets packed in a cartoon generally used for cosmetics and arrested Babu red-handed.
The market price of the seized Yaba tablets is around Taka 40 lakh.
“During primary interrogation, the arrested person admitted his involvement with trading big consignments of Yaba tablets in the guise of a cosmetics trader for a long time,” the release said.
After filing a case in this connection against the arrested person, the elite force handed him over to Syedpur Thana police tonight.