Contraband drugs seized
Members of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) in a drive seized huge contraband drugs from two highway buses in Fulbari upazila on Wednesday morning. Lt Col Akramuzzaman, commander of Fulbari 40 Rifle Battalion, said being tipped off they raided two buses on the highway at about 10am and seized 2,450 ampoules of Indian pethidine injection, 1000 pieces of sleeping pills and 350 bottles of phensidyl syrup. The BDR jawans held the drivers, supervisors, and helpers of the two buses but later they set them free after a written legal agreement on request of the passengers. Another report from Comilla adds: BDR jawans recovered huge Indian saris and three-piece dress materials from a truck at Kalirbazar in Chouddagram upazila on Wednesday. A team of 33 Rifles Battalion seized the truck in an abandoned condition and recovered 1,376 pieces of expensive Indian saris worth about Tk 92 lakh and 260 pieces three-piece dress materials worth about Tk 9.10 lakh early in the morning.
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