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DRUG-ADDICTION-PUNISHED (with picture)
10 drug addicts jailed in Rajshahi
RAJSHAHI, Sept 10, 2018 (BSS)- Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)
have arrested 15 people here while 10 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
and Chapainawabganj districts on Sunday and arrested 15 people for their
alleged involvement in drug trading or taking drugs.
The RAB officials said they also seized 56 bottles of foreign-made wine,
seven liters of country-made liquor, 21.5 kg 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 10 of them to
jail. Regular cases were filed against four other detainees.
Saiful Islam, assistant superintendent of police working with RAB, said
different courts sent more than 15 drug addicts to jail during the last
couple of days.
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