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JAIL-DRUG-PEDDLERS (with picture)
45 drug peddlers jailed in Rajshahi
RAJSHAHI, Aug 9, 2018 (BSS)- Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have
arrested 49 people here while 45 of them were sentenced to different terms of
jail each by mobile courts on charge of taking drugs and drug trading.
The elite force conducted drives in different areas of Rajshahi,
Chapainawabganj and Naogaon districts on Wednesday and arrested 49 people for
their alleged involvement in drug trading or taking drugs.
The RAB officials said they also seized 16 grams of heroin, five pieces of
Yaba tablets, 1.04 kilograms of ganja and some other drugs-taking instruments
from their possession.
Later, the arrested were produced before three separate mobile courts.
After examining the evidences, the mobile courts sentenced 45 of them to
jail. Three others were fined Taka 14,000 and regular case was recorded
against another.
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