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Three jailed for selling hemp

Unb, Laxmipur
A mobile court on Friday convicted three people, including a Jubo League leader, from Isapur village in Ramganj upazila and sentenced them to six months imprisonment each for selling hemp. The convicts were identified as Fazlul Haque, 40, Jubo League Isapur union unit president, activist Sharif, 35, and Hossain, 40, of the village. Acting on secret information, a team of Ramganj police team raided the village and arrested them when they were selling the contraband item. Later, the mobile court led by executive magistrate Masud Alam Siddique handed down the verdict.