The arrestees are Md Ali Hossain alias Rony, 31, Md Abul Kashem, 34, Shariful Islam Chowdhury alias Jinna, Babul and Md Saikat Hossain.
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Sources at the DMP headquarters said a team Detective Branch (Uttara Division)of the DMP conducted a special drive at Uttara Azampur bus stand area at around 6:05 pm on Monday and arrested Rony and Kashem along with 10,000 Yaba pills.
The detectives also seized a microbus which was carrying the yaba pills.
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Another team of DB (Lalbagh division) arrested Jinna and Babul from Baniyanagar Dhulaikhal area on Monday and recovered 20,000 Yaba pills.
Meanwhile, a team of Uttara East Police station raided Abdullahpur area at around 7:10 pm on Monday and arrested Saikat. Police also recovered 1860 yaba pills from his possessions.
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Separate cases were filed with local police stations under the Narcotics Control Act.