Man held with 10-kg hemp in Bagerhat

Members of Detective Branch of Police (DB) in a drive arrested an alleged drug peddler along with 10 kilograms of hemp from Fakirhat upazila in Bagerhat district on Monday night.

The arrested is Kalam Akan, 53, hailed from Badura village under Mathbaria upazila in Pirojpur district.
Additional Superintendent of Police in Bagerhat Md Rasekur Rahman said acting on a tip-off, a team of DB police conducted a raid in Nowapara area in the upazila and arrested the man along with the drugs.

A case was filed with Fakirhat Police Station against him under Narcotics Control Act, the ASP added.

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