A Chapainawabganj court on Tuesday sentenced a husband and wife to life terms in prison in a narcotics case in Sadar upazila of the district filed around two years back.
Chapainawabganj District and Sessions Judge Court Judge Adib Ali also fined the couple Tk 20,000 each, said the court’s Public Prosecutor Nazmul Azam.
Md Fazel, 37, and his wife Jinna Khatun, 30, belong to the Jhoragachi area under Sadar upazila.
According to the case statement, members of the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) in a drive recovered 80 grams of heroin from their house on December 10, 2021.
Though the DNC could detain the wife, the husband was absconding. Later he was arrested and a case was filed in this connection.
Investigation Officer Illias Hossain, an inspector of the DNC, submitted the chargesheets accusing them on January 27, 2022.
The court handed down the judgment in presence of both accused after completing all legal procedures on Tuesday, the PP added.