4 drug addicts jailed in Hatibandha

Police arrested four drug addicts from Jot Baraipara village in Hatibandha upazila of the district yesterday afternoon.

The arrestees were later produced before a mobile court led by Executive Magistrate Azizur Rahman, who sentenced them to jail.

The convicts are Zikirul Islam, 26, son of Abdul Hamid of Purbo Saradubi village, Milton Khandaker, 42, son of late Aftab Uddin of Dakhkhin Gaddimari village, Alamgir Hossain, 23, son of Golap Hossain of Tangbhanga village under Hatibandha upazila, and Jelal Hossain, 32, son of Shamsul Haque of Khariza Jongra village under Patgram upazila.

On the sama day, police arrested two drug peddlers and seized two kgs of contraband hemp from their possession from a house at Saniyazan Bridge area in the upazila.

The arrestees are Saheb Ali, 50, son of late Motaleb Hossain, and Saddam Hossain, 20, son of Rasul Sheikh of Ramaniganj village under the upazila.