Drug peddler held with 800-gm heroin in Rajshahi

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in an anti-crime drive arrested an alleged drug peddler with 800 grams of heroin in the district early this morning.

The arrested person is: Monwara Begum, 50, wife of late Rezaul Karim of Deembhanga Matherpur village under Godagari upazila in the district.

On a tip-off, a team of the elite force conducted a sudden search in the residence of Monwara, recovered the drugs and arrested her.

In another drive conducted at Mushrail village under Chandrima Police Station in the metropolis, the RAB members arrested Muhammad Munna, 31, and his wife Reshmi Akter, with 515 grams of heroin red-handed around 9.30 am today.

During another drive, the RAB arrested five alleged drug-peddlers with 100 sex-stimulating pills from Mougachhi village under Charghat upazila early this morning.

The arrested persons were identified as Rafiqul Islam, 60, Moinul Haque, 34, Sazzad Hossain, 57, Abbas Ali, 30, and Muhammad Tuhin, 25.

Three separate cases were recorded with the respective police stations in these connections and the arrested persons along with the seized contraband items were handed over to the police. (BSS)