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.

A Chattogram court sentenced a Rohingya drug smuggler to six years rigorous imprisonment. The court also fined him Tk 5,000 and an additional six months jail term in default. Read: Cambodian chairmanship of ASEAN to expedite Rohingya repatriation: FM Fourth Additional Chattogram Metropolitan Sessions Judge Shariful Alam Bhuiya passed the order on Wednesday. Accused Md. Syed Alam, 20, is a Rohingya citizen of Myanmar. He is the son of Rustam Ali of A-block at Leda refugee camp in Teknaf. Bench Assistant Omar Fuad confirmed the verdict. According to court sources, he was arrested on December 4, 2018 in front of the Municipal Shopping Complex-2 in Kotwali. At that time police recovered 1,650 pieces of yaba from him. Read: Cox’s Bazar: Fire destroys 29 houses at Ukhia Rohingya camp Tapan Kanti Sharma, sub-region inspector of Chattogram Metro Narcotics Control Department, filed a case at Kotwali Police Station. At present, accused Syed Alam, out on bail, has been absconding.

In just three working days, a Khulna court has sentenced a youth to one year’s rigorous imprisonment in a drug case.

A court here on Wednesday sentenced a man to life imprisonment in a drug trading case.

A Dhaka court on Wednesday framed charges against expelled organising secretary of Jubo League’s Dhaka South unit Khalid Mahmud Bhuiyan in a case filed under the Narcotics Control Act.