Dhaka, Apr 4 (UNB) – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested a man along with 442 bottles of Phensidyl from a truck on Dhaka-Chattogram highway at Dakkhin Mahadeb in Sitakunda upazila early Thursday.
The arrestee Nazrul Islam, son of Gafur Munshi of Shibchar in Madaripur district is stone trader.
Tipped off, a team of Rab-7 conducted a drive in the area and intercepted a Chattogram-bound truck around 2:30 am.
Later, the elite force recovered the contraband item worth Tk 4.42 lakh from inside the truck and arrested Nazrul while the driver and his helper managed to flee the scene, said a press release issued by Rab headquarters.