Three policemen were assaulted by drug peddlers when the law enforcers tried to stop a microbus carrying contraband Phensedyl in Milon Bazar area under Hatibandha upazila on the Burimari-Lalmonirhat highway in Lalmonirhat yesterday. The injured policemen are ASI Rafiqul, Islam, ASI Ansar Ali, and Constable Aby Sayeed of Hatibandha Police Station. According to police, acting on secret information, the injured cops stopped a microbus. They had information that some drug peddlers were transporting Phensedyl on the vehicle. The drug peddlers forcefully took the policemen incide the vehicle and sped away when they were trying to search the vehicle.
After beating the policemen, drug peddlers dropped the cops at a spot on the highway and sped away. Later, on information, police intercepted the microbus, arrested its driver and seized 377 bottles of Phensedyl.
Contacted, Additional Superintendent of Police Shahadat Hossain said they were raiding different spots to detain the drug peddlers.