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RANGPUR, Jan 28, 2026 (BSS) – Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-13 in separate drives seized huge contraband drugs and arrested five presumed drug dealers from different places of Lalmonirhat, Gaibandha and Nilphamari districts on Tuesday night. 

The seized contraband drugs included 98 bottles of phensedyl-like Fairdeal and seven bottles of ESKuf and 200 pieces of Tapentadol tablets, a press release said here this afternoon. 

The arrestees were identified as Apon Chandra Roy, 26, and Narayan Chandra Das, 42, of Hatibandha upazila in Lalmonirhat and Md Mokchedul Islam Parvez, 49, of Saidpur upazila and Md Dulu Mia, 36, and Md Nuruzzaman, 33, of Jaldhaka upazila in Nilphamari districts. 

After filing three separate cases in these incidents, the elite force handed over the arrested persons and seized drugs to the concerned police stations of Lalmonirhat, Gaibandha and Nilphamari districts for further legal action.