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RAB arrests 2 with over 1200 banned drugs from Dinajpur

Special Correspondent Drugs 2024-05-23, 1:12pm

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RAB arrests 2 with over 1200 banned drugs from Dinajpur



Dinajpur, May 23 - Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested two suspected drug peddlers along with 1240 ampules of Buprenorphine injection from Dinajpur’s Sadar upazila.  

The arrestees are Jahangir Alam, 28, and Mostafizur Rahman, 24.

RAB-13 Deputy Director (Media) Squadron Leader Mahmud Bashir Ahmed said the two men were arrested from Shankarpur union’s Purba Mohonpara bridge area along with 1240 ampules of Buprenorphine injection during a drive on Wednesday evening.

During the drive, RAB members also seized a motorcycle and Tk 5,310 in cash from their possession.

According to a RAB press release, they have been smuggling banned drugs through the Bangladesh-India border area through syndicates and supplying them to drug dealers in different districts by motorbike.-UNB