Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Sunday arrested a suspected drug trader with heroin of Tk1.8 crore from Rajshahi city’s Gopalpur.
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The arrestee was 22-year-old Mizanur Rahman of Chapainawabganj.
Tipped off, RAB-5 men conducted a drive in Gopalpur of the city’s Damkura and arrested Mizanur from a bus with 1.8 kilograms of heroin.
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He was transporting the drug, from Chapainawabganj to Rajshahi, for sale.
A case had been filed under the Narcotics Control Act with Damkura Police Station and Mizanur was shown arrested in it, RAB said.
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