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7 of drug & human trafficking gang held in Teknaf
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Friday claimed to have detained seven members of a drug and human trafficking gang from Teknaf.
The detainees have been identified as MD Shafi Ullah, 55, his wife Tyeba Begum, 40, their son Md Anwar Hossain,19, his wife Lucky Aktar, 19, Md Parvej, 16, Md Jalal, 26, and Md Redwan, 19, BGB-2 said in a release.
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The seven were detained during two separate drives carried out by the Teknaf battalion of BGB-2, on a tip-off.
Some 40,000 yaba tablets worth Tk 1.27 crore, Kyat (Myanmar currency) worth Tk 10,784, 14 grams of gold jewellery worth Tk 88,000, and three mobile phones were seized from the possession of the detainees, the BGB said.
During questioning, the detainees admitted to peddling drugs and trafficking Rohingyas from Myanmar to different countries.
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The seized jewellery and Kyat will be deposited with the treasury branch of Cox’s Bazaar district administration and cases will be filed against the detainees, said BGB.
Ice worth Tk 25cr seized in Cox’s Bazar
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have seized five kg of recreational drugs worth TK 25 crore in Cox’s Bazar.
This is the largest haul of crystal meth or ice in the country to date, BGB's Cox's Bazar unit said in a statement.
The drugs were seized from the Palangkhali area of the district's Ukhia upazila during a special drive conducted by the Cox’s Bazar battalion of BGB (BGB-34) on Thursday.
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Following a tip off that some drug traders would enter Bangladesh from Myanmar with a large consignment of crystal meth, the BGB petrol team took position under a bridge near Palangkhali Bazar around 7pm.
Some 39 minutes later, the BGB team spotted an armed group of drug traders crossing the border and challenged them but they managed to escape by firing at the petrol team.
The crystal meth was found in the bags they left behind. "Legal action is underway regarding this," said the statement.
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Why putting alcohol under drug category should not be declared illegal: HC
The High Court on Monday asked the government to explain as to why alcohol, categorised as drug under the 2018 Narcotics Control Act and subsequent schedule, should not be declared illegal and unconstitutional. The An HC bench of Justice Mamnoon Rahman and Justice Khandaker Diliruzzaman issued the rule after hearing a petition. Secretaries to the ministries of law, home, finance and the Director of Department of Narcotics Control have been made respondents to the rule which is returnable in four weeks. Advocate Ahsanul Karim stood for the petitioner while Deputy Attorney General Amit Das Gupta represented the state. Earlier, Mohammad Faruk, a Managing Director of RJ Tower Hotel and Resort Limited in Ashuganj of Brahmanbaria, filed a petition with the High Court seeking directives to exclude alcohol from the drug category under Narcotics Control Act, said Ahsanul Karim. The petitioner pointed out that importers of alcohol, which is allowed as an import item, face problem since it has been categorised as drugs like yaba and crystal meth, which are banned from import or export.
Man detained with Tk 5 crore worth Crystal Meth in Teknaf
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Saturday detained a drug trafficker with 1 kg crystal methamphetamine or Ice worth Tk 5 crore from Teknaf upazila in Cox’s Bazar.
The arrestee was identified as Md Rafiq Mia, 37, a resident of Noapara Jele Ghat village in Teknaf, said BGB-2 Teknaf battalion in a press release issued on Sunday.
Following a tip-off about a large shipment of crystal meth being trafficked from Myanmar through the south of the Jaliardwip area, a patrol team of BGB Teknaf battalion took position on Saturday night.
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Around 9:30 pm a hand-rowed boat crossed the zero line of the border from the Myanmar side and the BGB team immediately advanced towards them but most of the traffickers jumped off in the river and managed to flee, said BGB-2.
The patrol team gheraoed the boat and held Rafiq Mia with the crystal meth in a plastic bag, said the press release.
The procedure is on to hand over the detainee to Teknaf model police station, said BGB.
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Savar drug peddler falls off roof while fleeing arrest bid, dies
A woman drug peddler died after falling off the roof of her four-storey building in the Aminbazar area of Savar Tuesday morning as anti-narcotics sleuths attempted to arrest her.
The deceased was identified as Panna Begum.
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Acting on a tip-off, a team from the Narcotics Control Authority's Savar office raided Panna Begum's house this morning.
Sensing the presence of the anti-narcotics sleuths, the accused went to the terrace of her house but fell to the ground as she tried to jump to the roof of the adjacent building.
Panna Begum died on the spot, officials said. "The body has sent it to the morgue of Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital for an autopsy," an officer said.
‘Drug peddler’ held with 1.9 kg heroin in Rajshahi
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) have arrested a suspected drug peddler along with 1.9 kgs of heroin from Basudebpur-Sluicegate Bridge area in Godagari upazila of Rajshahi.
The arrestee is Selim Reza, 42, son of late Rafiqul Islam of Joragachhi Bottolahat area of Chapainawabganj Sadar.
Read: 5 Rohingyas held with arms and drugs in Ukhia
According to Rab, tipped off, members of Rab-5 of Chapainawabganj camp arrested Selim Reza conducting a drive on the Rajshahi-Chapainawabganj highway in the upazila around 8pm.
Rab members also seized the heroin worth Tk 1.90 crore concealed in a bag.
During interrogation Selim reportedly confessed that he has been involved in drug dealing for a long time.
Read:Two held with Tk 10cr drugs in Chattogram
Company commander of Rab Major Sanaria Chowdhury said a case has been filed with Godagari Model Police Station under the Narcotics Control Act.
Two held with Tk 10cr drugs in Chattogram
Police have arrested two suspected drug peddlers, one of them a Rohingya refugee, in Chattogram and seized narcotics worth Tk 10 crore from their possession.
The arrestees have been identified as Foysal Ahmed alias Fazal, 29, son of Gura Mia and Zahid Alam, 20, son of Anjar Hossain of Kutupalong Rohingya camp in Teknaf upazila.
Tipped off, a police team intercepted a pickup can carrying furniture on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Satkania upazila on Friday night, officials said.
"A subsequent search of the vehicle led to the massive drug haul -- two kgs of crystal meth worth Tk 10 crore," said additional superintendent of Satkania Police Circle, Zakaria Rahman Ziku.
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The drugs were being taken to Dhaka from Cox’s Bazar, he said.
Crystal methamphetamine (crystal meth) -- popularly called ice -- is a pure form of methamphetamine. Usually smoked, it is highly addictive.
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Don’t hide drug addiction in family, seek early medical treatment: Home Minister
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Thursday called upon the families of drug addicts to bring them under proper treatment without hiding the information.
The minister addressing as the chief guest the inauguration ceremony of a 60-bed state-of-the-art drug rehabilitation centre, “OASIS” at Keraniganj, on the outskirt of Dhaka built under the initiative of Bangladesh Police Welfare Trust.
"What will happen to those who are addicted to drugs? We want to treat them, bring them back to a healthy normal life. If any member of the family is addicted to drugs, bring them under proper treatment without hiding,” he said.
"We are working to reduce the supply, demand and harmful effects of drugs. That is why everyone has to come forward," he said.
Asaduzzman said that drugs are not made in the country. “But we are victims of its horrors. We have seen the consequences if we do not stop the youth from using drugs,” he said.
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He said that under the leadership of the prime minister, the government succeeded in the fight against militancy and terrorism.
Appreciating the initiative to set up the "Oasis" the minister called upon the rich people to take such initiatives too.
In his speech Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed said "Rich-poor regardless I have seen a horrible picture of the suffering of families with drug addicts. I have seen the established people of the society secretly shed tears.”
He said, according to many, the number of drug addicts in Bangladesh is 80 lakh. Some say that number has exceeded one crore. There are 7,000 medical facilities under their public and private management. “Then how many years it will take to treat them?. With these aspects in mind, we have taken the initiative to set up a modern drug addiction treatment and mental health counselling centre,” he added.
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He said, "In future, we want to build a hospital with five hundred to one thousand beds in a large area on the banks of Kaliganga river in Manikganj." In this case, we want to be a regional hub”
Chaired by Benazir , who is also chairman of Bangladesh Police Welfare Trust, the programme was also addressed among others, by Health Minister Zahid Maleque, Director General of the Directorate of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Dr Abul Basar Mohammad Khurshid Alam, Additional Director General of the Department of Narcotics Control Md. Azizul Islam.
Woman arrested with crystal meth in Ctg
Police have arrested a young woman from a Dhaka-bound bus at Mirsharai in Chattogram on Friday night along with crystal methamphetamine or Ice.
The arrestee is Nusrat Fatema, 21, hailing from Manikganj district.
Tipped off, police searched a Dhaka bound Shyamoli Paribahan bus near Sonapahar area at Jorarganj union and recovered 95 gram of the drug wrapped in a polythene bag.
During primary interrogation, Fatema confessed to carrying the drugs, said Jorarganj police.
Sub-Inspector of Jorarganj police station Md Saiful Islam said the arrestee was taking the drugs to Dhaka.
A case was filed against Fatema under the Narcotics Control Act, said SI Saiful Islam.
Eka gets bail, but cannot walk out of jail yet
A Dhaka court on Tuesday granted bail to film actress Semon Hasan Eka in a case filed under the Narcotics Control Act but she will have secure bail in another case to get out of jail.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Atiqul Islam passed the order after hearing a bail petition filed by her lawyer, Humayun Kabir, virtually.
But Eka will have to stay behind bars until she gets bail in another case filed against her for torturing her house help.
Also read: Film actress Eka held for torturing house help
On Aug 1, the court sent Eka to jail after rejecting bail in two cases filed against her for reportedly torturing her housemaid and having narcotics at her home.
On July 31, Eka’s house help filed one of ten cases against her for torturing and police filed another for keeping narcotic substances at her home. Both the cases were filed with Hatirjheel Police Station.
Police arrested Eka on the day from her Ulon apartment at Hatirjheel on charge of torturing her house help.
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