BARGUNA: Police in separate drives arrested six alleged drug traders and recovered 1,020 pieces of yaba tablets and 50-gm hemp from Kalmegha-Kupdon village under Pathorghata upazila of the district early yesterday morning, reports BSS.
The arrested persons are Shakil, 30, Firoj, 32, Ajad, 31, resident of Amratala-Kacharibari area and Nesar Uddin, 60, his wife Hasina Begum, 50, and Kalu Miah, 40, residents of Kupdon village of the upazila.On a tip-off, a team of police conducted the drives at Amratala and Kupdon villages and arrested the drug peddlers with yaba tablets and hemp, said SM Ziaul Haque, officer-in-charge of Pathorghata Police Station.The drug traders also tried to attack on police during the drives but they were resisted, he said. Three separate cases were filed in these connections.