Drug peddler jailed
A mobile court here yesterday sentenced a drug peddler to one month imprisonment for possessing a huge quantity of hemps. The convict is Md Shariful Hasan, 25, son of Azgar Ali of Ghasipara in Dinajpur municipality area. Police said the court led by Executive Magistrate Md Abdur Rahman raided the area, arrested Shariful along with the hemp and handed down the verdict. Meanwhile, members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested two people along with 98 pieces of Yaba tablets from a residential hotel in Hilly port area under Hakimpur upazila of the district yesterday. The arrestees are Atwar Hossain and Ahad Ali of Sadar upazila. Police said acting on a tip-off, a team of Rab-5 in Rangpur raided the hotel and arrested the duo along with the tablets.
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