CHAPAINAWABGANJ: Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested two alleged illegal drug peddlers with 184 bottles of contraband Indian phensidyl syrup from a house at Boro Hadinagar village of Shibganj upazila of the district, reports BSS.

The arrested were identified as Md Shukur, 27, son of Wahed of Batikamari village under Mukshedpur upazila in Gopalganj district and Md Zia, 35, son of Sorap Sheikh of Shreepur under Ashulia Thana in Dhaka district.

BGB sources said acting on secret information, a patrol team of BGB from Telkupi border outpost raided the house of one Tipu Ali at Boro Hadinagar around 6 pm and arrested the duo with the phensidyl on Wednesday evening.

But the house owner Tipu managed to flee away.

Later, the arrested were handed over to Shibganj police station. A case was filed in this connection.