CHATTOGRAM, Oct 16, 2025 (BSS)- A court here today sentenced a truck driver 
and its helper to life-term imprisonment for trading drugs in 2021.

The court of Chattogram Fourth Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Begum 
Sirajum Munira pronounced the verdict.

The court also imposed a fine of Taka 50,000 each, in default, to suffer six 
months more in jail. 

The convicts are driver Jahangir Alam, 26, and his helper Azizul Hoque, 29, 
both hailed from Cox's Bazar district.

According to the prosecution story, in brief, on a tip-off, a team of Rapid 
Action Battalion (RAB)-7, detained the drug trader truck driver and his 
helper with 39,000 pieces of contraband yaba tablets from Moizartek area 
under Karnaphuli Police Station in the city on July 8, 2021.

Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of the RAB-7 Jayed Bhuyan filed a case with 
Karnaphuli Police Station against the drug traders on the same day. 

On January 22 in 2022, police submitted the charge-sheet before the court 
while the court framed charges against them on July 21 in the same year. 
 
Additional Public Prosecutor Morshedur Rahman Chowdhury said the verdict was 
delivered today after a prolonged hearing. 

"The two convicted individuals are currently absconding after being released 
on bail. An arrest warrant has been issued against them," he added.