Top drug peddler held with 1.04-kg heroin in Rajshahi

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in an anti-crime drive arrested an alleged top-listed drug peddler with 1.04 kilograms of heroin from a local market area in the district last night.

The arrested was identified as Mehedi Hassan, 20, son of late Saidur Rahman of Labhanga village in Shibganj Upazila of Chapainawabganj district, the RAB sources said this morning.

Acting on a tip-off, a team of the elite force conducted a raid at Balighatta Bazar under Godagari Upazila in the district around 9.30 pm and nabbed him. The team recovered the contraband heroin from his possession.

The man along with the seized goods was handed over to the police after recording a case with Godagari Police Station in this connection. (BSS)