Dhaka, Nov 9 (UNB)- Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members recovered 10,000 contraband Yabi pills and arrested three alleged drug traders from the city’s MohammadpurTownhall kitchen market area on Thursday evening.
The arrestees are MdBelal Daria, 26, Alamgir Hossain, 23, and Mahbubur Rahman, 24.
Based on a secret information, a team of Rab-2 battalion conducted a drive at Mohammadpur Townhall kitchen market at 6:15 pm. Sensing the presence of the law enforcers, the trio tried to flee, said Assistant Director (Media) of the Rab-2 ASP MdSaiful Malik.
They chased the drug traders and caught them. After interrogation, the elite force members recovered the Yaba tablets from their possessions.
During preliminary interrogation, they revealed that they usually bring the contraband item from Cox’s Bazar and then supply those to different areas in the city, he said.