RANGPUR, Sept 10, 2022 (BSS) - Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-13 arrested two
alleged female drug traders with 1.12 kilograms of heroin from Shothibari
area in Mithapukur upazila of the district on Friday afternoon.

 "On a tip off, an operational team of the Crime Prevention Specialized
Company (CPSC) of RAB-13 in a raid arrested them with the heroin from the
spot," said a press release issued today by Senior Assistant Director (Media)
of RAB-13 Flight Lieutenant Mahmud Bashir Ahmed.

 The elite force also seized two mobile phone sets and cash money from the
possessions of the detainees.

 The detainees were identified as Golchehara Begum, 32, wife of Emdadul Haque
of village Ujanpara Bypass in Godagari upazila of Rajshahi district and
Rezia, 36, wife of Md. Manik of village Khutamara in Jaldhaka upazila of
Nilphamari district.

  During interrogation, the detainees admitted their involvement in drug
trading in connivance with their other cohorts for a long time.

 "After filing a case against the arrested persons in this connection, the
elite force handed over him to Mithapukur police station in Rangpur," the
release added.