One person was arrested with huge black-marketed essential foodstuffs allocated by the government to sell at fair price through the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) in the city on Friday evening.

“On a tip off, a special team of the Detective Branch (DB) of Rangpur Metropolitan Police (RpMP) seized the essentials and arrested the person from Paschim Khasbag area of the metropolis,” said a press release of RpMP issued here on Saturday.

Additional Deputy Police Commissioner (DB) of RpMP Uttam Prasad Pathok led the drive with its Assistant Police Commissioner (DB) Altaf Hossain and Officer-in-Charge (DB) ABM Feroz Wahid.

During the raid, the DB police team arrested Abdul Halim, 55, from his rented house and seized black-marketed TCB essentials worth Taka 2.39-lakh, including 1,756 litres of soya-bean oil, 900 kg of sugar and 50 kg of lentils, from his house.

After filing a case in this connection against the arrested person under the Special Power Act of 1974, the DB police handed over him to Kotwali Thana police of RpMP last night.

“The arrested person was sent to the jail hajat after Kotwali Thana police produced him before a Rangpur court today,” Assistant Police Commissioner (DB) of RpMP Altaf Hossain told BSS.

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