Monday, 27 March, 2023
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One held with 663 yaba tablets in Kurigram

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-13 in a raid arrested a man with 663 pieces of yaba tablets from village Kuthi Chandrakhana in Phulbari upazila of Kurigram district today.
 
"On a tip off, an operational team of RAB-13 from its Rangpur battalion headquarters conducted the raid and arrested the man red-handed with the contraband yaba tablets from the spot," a press release said.
 
The detainee was identified as Md. Asadul Haque, 58, son of late Anwar Hossain of village Chandrakhana in Phulbari upazila of Kurigram district.
 
During preliminary interrogation, the detainee admitted his involvement in drug trading in connivance with his other cohorts for long.
 
"After filing a case against the arrested person in this connection, the elite force handed him over to Phulbari police station in Kurigram," the release added.