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KURIGRAM, Oct 19, 2025 (BSS) - Police in a drive arrested two alleged drug peddlers with 75 kg of hemp from Telipara village under Uttar Kashipur upazila of the district last night.

The arrested drug dealers are Khorshed Alam, 38, son of late Rajab Ali of Budarbanni area and Shafiqul Islam, 50, son of late Samser Ali of Khalishakothal area of Naodanga union of the same upazila.

On a tip-off, a team of police from Phulbari Police Station conducted a drive on the Ghughurhat-Nageshwari road around 9.30 pm and intercepted a CNG-run auto rickshaw and arrested them with the ganja, said Officer-in-Charge of Phulbari Police Station Shawkat Ali Sarkar.

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