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5 held with 10,000 Yaba tablets in the capital

DHAKA, Nov 27, 2019 (BSS) – Members of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested five alleged drug traders, including a woman, with 10,000 pieces of contraband yaba tablets in two separate drives from city’s Uttarkhan and Jatrabari areas in the early hours of Wednesday.

The arrestees are- Md Nurul Islam alias Dipu, 35, Mossammat Minu Begum, 38, Md Hosan alias Juhar, 35, Abdullah alias Taher, 24 and Sahadat Hossain Shaheen, 39.

On a tip off, members of the DMP Intelligence East Department’s Demra Zonal Team detained Dipu and Minu Begum from Gazipara under Uttarkhan Thana about 2:45 am and recovered 2,000 yaba tablets from their possession, said DMP Uttarkhan Thana OC Md Helal Khan.

The official said that the detainees are under police custody. A case has been filed in this regard with Uttarkhan Thana.

Additional Sub-Police Commissioner of DMP Intelligence East Department Md Rafiqul Islam told BSS that on secret information, a team of police conducted a drive in Kajla Bazar area under Jatrabari Thana and arrested three drug peddlers with 8,000 yaba tablets.

A case was filed under the Narcotics Control Act with Jatrabari thana, he said.

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