-Police arrested three people with 340 sacks of Indian sugar worth over Tk 20 lakh in Bandarbazar area of Sylhet city on Saturday night.
The arrestees are Md Russell Mia, 33; Md Jubel Ahmad, 25; and Maron Befari, 23, according to a media release sent from Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP).
A team of the SMP conducted a special drive in front of a restaurant of Bandarbazar by setting a check post on Saturday night and arrested the three with a truck, the release reads.
Later, a total of 340 sacks of Indian sugar were seized from their procession, according to police.
A case was filed against them with Kotwali Model Police Station and they were sent to jail through a court, added the release.