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DRUG-ADDICTS-JAIL (with picture)
29 drug peddlers held in Rajshahi
RAJSHAHI, Aug 27, 2018 (BSS)- Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have
arrested 29 alleged drug peddlers here while 24 of them were sentenced to
different terms of jail each by mobile courts on charge of taking drugs and
drug trading.
On tips-off, the elite force conducted drives in different areas of
Chapainawabganj, Natore and Joypurhat districts on Sunday and arrested the
people for their alleged involvement in drug trading or taking drugs.
The RAB officials said they also seized 106 bottles of phensidyl, 95 pieces
of drug-tablets, eight liters of country-made liquor and some other drugs-
taking instruments from their possession. Later, the arrested people were
produced before three separate mobile courts.
After examining the evidences, the mobile court sentenced 24 of them to
jail. Two others were fined Taka 10,000 and regular cases were filed against
three other detainees.
Saiful Islam, assistant superintendent of police working with RAB, said
different courts sent more than 120 drug addicts to jail during the last one
week.
BSS/AH/MSY/0949 hrs