3 held with heroin, hemp
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) personnel arrested an alleged drug peddler along with 10 grams of heroin in Bharthkhala area of South Surma upazila on Friday night. Acting on secret information, a team of Rab-9 conducted the drive in the area and arrested M Jiban Ahmed Sumon, 20, son of late Haris Mia of Sonasar village in Zakiganj upazila with the heroin. Later, he was handed over to Kotwali police and a case was filed. In Magura, Rab members in a drive arrested two alleged drug peddlers along with 17kg hemp at Kalinagar in Sadar upazila on Dhaka-Magura highway Friday. Acting on a tip-off, a team of Rab-6 searched a bus and arrested the two - Rafiqul Islam, 24, and Ashiqur Rahman, 22, - with the hemp worth Tk 1.7 lakh. They were handed over to police.
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