Four held with 16,000 Yaba pills in Sirajganj

Police in two separate drives arrested four alleged drug peddlers along with 16, 000 pieces of Yaba from Sirajganj Sadar upazila on Tuesday.

The arrested are Shafayet Kabir, 35, and Abdul Based, 32, both hailed from Bogura‍‍`s Shibganj upazila, Juwel Mia, 30, of Mithapukur upazila in Rangpur district, and Mizanur Rahman, 28, of Kalai upazila in Joypurhat district.

Acting on a tip-off, a team of DB police set an check-post in Bangabandhu Bridge West Police Station and stopped a truck. While searching the vehicle, the recovered 8,000 pieces of Yaba and arrested the Shafayet and Juwel Mia red-handed, said Md Zulhaj Uddin, officer-in-charge of Detective Branch of Police in Sirajganj.

On the other hand, another operational team set an checkpost in Sadanandapur area in Sadar Upazila and raided in a Sirajganj-bound truck. At that time, they arrested Based Fakir and Mizanur red-handed along with more 8,000 Yaba pills, he said.

At that time, police also seized the both trucks from their possession and legal actions were underway in this regard, the OC added.