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DRUG-PEDDLING-JAILED (with picture)
33 drug peddlers jailed in Rajshahi
RAJSHAHI, Aug 13, 2018 (BSS)- Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have
arrested 34 more people here while 33 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, Natore,
Chapainawabganj and Joypurhat districts on Sunday and arrested 34 people for
their alleged involvement in drug trading or taking drugs.
The RAB officials said they also seized 48 bottles of foreign wine, 410
liters of country-made liquor, 670 grammes of ganja and some other drugs-
taking instruments from their possession.
Later, the arrested were produced before four separate mobile courts.
After examining the evidences, the mobile courts sentenced 33 of them to
jail. Regular case was filed against another detainee.
Saiful Islam, assistant superintendent of police working with RAB, said
different courts sent more than 65 drug addicts to jail during the last two
days.
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