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ARREST-DINAJPUR
37, including drug traders held in Dinajpur
DINAJPUR, June 9, 2018 (BSS)- Law enforcers, in special drives arrested 37
persons including 13 drug traders from different areas of the district in
last 12-hour ending at 8am this morning.
Law enforcers also seized 218 bottles of Phensidyl, 250 liters of locally-
made liquor and 500 pieces of Yaba tablets during the drives.
Police said they were picked up from different areas of the district on
different charges.
During the drives, Dinajpur Sadar police arrested eight persons including
five drug traders, Biral Thana police arrested four persons, Birganj Thana
police arrested five persons including three drug traders with 250 liters of
locally-made liquor, Kaharole Thana police arrested two persons, Phulbari
Thana police arrested one person, Bochaganj Thana police arrested two
persons, Nawabganj Thana police arrested two persons, Khansama Thana police
arrested two persons, Chirirbandar Thana police arrested four persons and
Ghoraghat Thana police arrested three persons including a drug trader with
500 pieces of Yaba tablets.
Several cases, including charges of subversive activities, are pending
with different police stations against the arrested persons, the sources
added.
Meanwhile, members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive detained
four drug traders with 218 bottles of Phensidyl around 11pm from Hili Railway
Station in Hakimpur upazila of the district.
Later, the detained persons were handed over to the Hakimpur Thana police,
BGB said.
The arrested persons were sent to jail.
BSS/CORR/MR/1230 hrs