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RAJSHAHI, June 15, 2025 (BSS)- Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), in an anti-crime operation, arrested four alleged drug peddlers, including one woman, with 10.280 kilograms of ganja in the district last night.

The arrested were identified as Muhammad Riaz, 25, son of Jahangir Alam and his sister Lipi Begum, 32, and Ziaur Rahman, 40, son of late Wali Mian, hailed from Jagdishpur village under Madhabpur Upazila in Habiganj district, and CNG Driver Sohag Ali, 26, son of Saidul Islam of Satrasia Bujpara village under Shibganj Upazila in Chapainawabganj district, RAB sources said this morning.

On a tip-off, a team of the RAB conducted a raid at the Belpukur bypass area under Belpukur Police Station in Rajshahi metropolis. They recovered the ganja and arrested the suspects red-handed after searching a CNG around 9.30 pm.

The arrestees with the seized contraband goods were handed over to the police.

A case was filed with Belpukur Police Station in this connection.