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DRUG-PEDDLERS-PUNISHED (with picture)
13 more ‘drug peddlers’ jailed in Rajshahi
RAJSHAHI, July 10, 2018 (BSS) – Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested 13
more people here on Monday and they were sentenced to different jail terms
each by a mobile court on charge of taking drugs and drug peddling.
Teams of the elite force conducted raids in different areas of Rajshahi,
Chapainawabganj and Joypurhat districts and arrested 17 people for their
alleged involvement in drug trading or taking drugs.
Three of them were fined Taka 1,800 and regular case has been lodged
against one.
The RAB sources said the force also seized 1.45 kilograms of ganja, 196
bottles of phensidyl and 1,200 liters of local liquor and some other drugs-
taking instruments from their possessions.
Later, the arrested persons were produced before a mobile court. After
examining the evidences, the court sentenced 13 of them to jail.
Nure Alam, assistant superintendent of police working with the RAB, said
different courts sent more than 330 drug addicts to jail during the last 13
days.
Similar types of anti-drive operation will be conducted in the days ahead
for the greater interest of protecting the youths from the deadly drug-
addiction, he added.
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