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ARREST-DRUGS-ADDICTS (with picture)
7 drug peddlers held in Rajshahi
RAJSHAHI, Aug 24, 2018 (BSS)- Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)
arrested seven alleged drug peddlers here while three of them were sentenced
to different terms of jail each by a mobile court on charge of taking drugs
and drug trading.
Acting on tips-off, the elite force conducted drives in different areas
of Rajshahi, Naogaon and Joypurhat districts on Thursday and arrested the
people for their alleged involvement in drug trading or taking drugs.
The RAB officials said they also seized 195 pieces of yaba tablets, 50
bottles of foreign-made wine, 140 grams of ganja, 22 bottles of alcohol 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 three of them
to jail. One of them was fined Taka 5,000 and regular cases were filed
against three other detainees.
Saiful Islam, assistant superintendent of police working with RAB, said
different courts sent more than 110 drug addicts to jail during the last one
week.
BSS/AH/RY/09:30 hrs