Six members of an international racket dealing in snake venom were arrested from Dhaka’s Dakshinkhan, with poison worth Tk75 crore, on Thursday.
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Tipped off, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested them with 8.96 litres of snake poison, said Abdullah Al Mamun, assistant director (Media) of RAB-2.
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The arrestees are Masud Rana, 24, Sofir Uddin Sanu, 50, Tamjidul Islam, 34, Alamgir Hossain, 26, Firoza Begum, 57, and Asma Begum, 42.
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“During primary interrogation, the arrestees admitted that they would collect the venom from different areas to supply to a specific ring,” Abdullah said.
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