3 held with arms, Yaba

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in separate drives arrested three people with a foreign made pistol, four bullets, one magazine and 3,314 Yaba tablets in Sadar and Shibganj upazilas of the district on Sunday.  The arrestees are Akbar Ali, 36, of Rasulpur village, Alauddin, 53, of Chak Ghorapakhia village and Tamirul Islam Kalu, 26, of Shialmara village in Shibganj upazila. On secret information, a team of Rab-5 raided Nurtaj Hotel and Restaurant at Jhilm Bazar in Sadar upazila around 6:00pm and arrested Akbar and Alauddin with the Yaba. Earlier on the day, the elite force arrested Kalu with the firearm and bullets at Baliadighi village in Shibganj upazila, said Rab sources.