6 nabbed with drugs in two districts

Six people were arrested with various drugs in separate raids in Jamalpur and Brahmanbaria districts on Saturday.

JAMALPUR: District Detective Branch (DB-1) of Police arrested five people, including a Chhatra Dal leader, along with 217 bottles of Indian liquor and a motorcycle in Bakshiganj Upazila of the district on Saturday night. They were sent to jail through a court on Sunday afternoon.

The arrestees are Aman Ullah Aman Uday, 27), General Secretary of Dhanua Kamalpur Union Chhatra Dal; Sujat Mia, 37, and Md Sifat, 20, from Baishnabpara; Furkan Hossain, 19, from Jankipur Mridhapara; and Rubel Mia, 27, from Dargarchala area of Joydebpur in Gazipur.

Police said that acting on a tip-off, DB police arrested four people in Baishnabpara area. Later, another person was arrested in Lauchapra area.

During the operation, police seized 217 bottles of Indian liquor of different brands. The estimated value of the seized liquor is Tk 6.73 lakh. 

Officer-in-Charge the DB, Shahinur Alam Talukder, said a case was filed against them under the Special Powers Act with Bakshiganj Police Station (PS). 

BRAHMANBARIA: Police arrested a 58-year-old man and seized 69 bottles of Eskuf syrup during a raid on a house in Iktartali Madhyapara of Bishnupur Union in Bijoynagar Upazila of the district on Saturday afternoon.

The joint team from SRB-9, CPC-1, Brahmanbaria, acted on a tip-off. The suspect, identified as Jalal Uddin Bhuiyan, tried to flee when the team arrived but was detained. The syrup was later recovered from a white plastic sack in a tin-roofed kitchen, based on information he provided.

Bhuiyan, the son of late Mofiz Uddin Bhuiyan, is a resident of Iktartali Madhyapara under Paharpur Union.