BSS-26 5 drug traders held with 5303 yaba pills in Ctg

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5 drug traders held with 5303 yaba pills in Ctg

CHITTAGONG, Aug 4, 2018 (BSS)- Members of Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) in three drives arrested five alleged Yaba traders ,including three women and a Rohingya citizen, with 5303 pieces of Yaba tablets from different areas in the city today.

The arrested were identified as Ayub Khan alias Fazal Ahmed, 50, Hasan Ahmed,40, Runa Begum, 45, Fatema Begum,18 and Mahmuda Akther,26.

Among the drug traders, Ayub Khan is a Rohingya citizen, DNC deputy Director Shamim Ahmed, told journalists.

Acting on a tip-off, different teams of DNC raided in city’s Baizeed, Kotwali and Bakalia thana areas and detained them with the aforesaid contraband tablets.

Separate cases were filed with respective police stations in this connection.

The arrested persons were handed over to the respective thanas in the city.

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