Detective Branch of
Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) in a drive arrested two alleged drug peddlers along with 65, 500 pieces of
Yaba pills from the port city on Monday night.
The DB police arrested Md Islam, 38, driver of the covered van, and Md Habib, 28, the covered van driver's assistant, from Karnaphuli Bridge Toll Plaza area in the city.
Additional Deputy Commissioner of Chattogram Metropolitan Intelligence Division (North and South) Sheikh Sabbir Hossain said that acting on a tip-off, the DB police challenged a covered van in the aforesaid area and seized 65, 500 pieces of Yaba pills from the vehicle hidden inside the secure chamber of a covered van and arrested its driver and helper.
"During primary questioning, the arrested duo confessed that they used to transport Yaba pills under the guise of driving covered vans and they have made accused in 4 drug cases," he said.
A case was filed with Karnaphuli police station against the arrested under Narcotics Act, he added.
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