Detectives of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in a drive arrested a suspected drug dealer with 9,900 pieces of Yaba pills worth Tk 29.7 lakh in Pragati Sarani area of Dhaka’s Baridhara on Tuesday.
The arrestee was identified as Md Harun-Or-Rashid, 53.
A media statement sent from Detective Branch (DB) reads the drive was conducted after being tipped-off about an illegal drug haul in the area.
A DB team carried out the raid at around 5:05pm and detained Harun on suspicion, it reads.
Later, 49 packets of Yaba tablets were recovered from him. However an accomplice of the arrestee managed to flee.
A case was registered against Harun and the absconding Md. Monir Hossain with Bhatara Police Station under the Narcotics Control Act.