RAJSHAHI, March 8, 2022 (BSS) - Detective Branch (DB) of Rajshahi
Metropolitan Police (RMP) arrested four alleged drug-peddlers with 500 grams
of heroin from a place in the city this afternoon.

   The arrested persons were identified as Mamun Or Rashid, 22, son of Anarul
Islam, Isahaque Ali, 30, son of Rejaul Islam, Lal Muhammad, 44, son of Altab
Hossain and Arman Ali, 19, son of Shariful Islam.

   All of them are from different villages in Godagari upazila of the
district.

   On a tip-off, a police team of DB conducted a sudden raid in a Rajshahi-
bound truck and seized the heroin from its driving seat. Subsequently, the
detectives arrested the persons from different areas in the city. Police also
seized the heroin-carrying truck.

   DB Deputy Commissioner Arefin Jewel told BSS that the arrested persons
were involved in drug trafficking and trading for a long time.