Nine drug peddlers jailed

A mobile court in separate drives yesterday sentenced nine people to different jail terms for keeping illegal drugs in the town.

The convicts are Rubina Begum, 45, and Rakibul Islam, 25, of Barakpara area, Md Helal, 18, Sujon Mia, 20, of Chawkpathak, Jamal Hossain, 57, Billal Hossain, 25, and Balam Mia, 25, of Paschimsheri, Ariful Islam, 19, of Chapatoli, and Abdul Awal, 70, of Khunuacharpara of the town.

Of them, Rubina and Rakibul were sentenced to two years' imprisonment and the others to six months.