A youth has been detained with 10 gold bars in Magura, anti-narcotics cops said on Thursday. The detainee has been identified as Sakib Hossain, 22, of Sharsha upazila of Jashore. Read: 6 held with gold bars worth Tk 13.58 cr in Jashore Acting on a tip-off that drugs were being transported to Jashore from Chattogram, a team of the Narcotics Control Department detained the youth with the gold bars from a bus of ‘Eagle Paribahan’ at Parnanduali bus terminal on Wednesday afternoon. During primary questioning, Sakib admitted that he was carrying the gold bars from Dhaka to Jashore, said Magura Narcotics Control Department inspector Kabir Ahmed. Sakib was later handed over to Magura Sadar police station. “A case has been filed in this regard,” said the official.

Rapid Action Batallion (RAB) arrested a person in connection with a drug case from the city’s Gulshan area. During an operation on April 27 night, Rab arrested Emran Haque, 48, who has been on the run. Also read: Khulna police make 6 arrests after indigenous woman gangraped at home He was released on bail after being arrested by Narcotics Control Department in 2002. He has been absconding since 2004, the arrestee said during interrogation. ASP Imran Khan of Rab headquarters (media wing) said that Emran and his companions started bringing Yaba to Bangladesh from a southeast Asian country. They mainly sold the drugs in different areas of the capital including Gulshan, Banani and Banasree. He has been handed over to Gulshan police, the ASP said. Also read: Police conduct drive in Nalbhog to catch their assailants; 9 arrested In 2006, Emran was arrested in a drug case of Banani police station, which is said to be under trial. On 19 December 2002, the Narcotics Control Department recovered heroin, Yaba and other banned drugs from a house in Gulsan’s Niketan area. Four including Emran were arrested over the incident.