Man arrested with 3kg cannabis in Pirojpur

Detective Branch (DB) police have arrested a suspected drug trader with 3kg of cannabis in Bhandaria upazila of Pirojpur.

The arrested man was identified as Md Sohel Hawlader, 35, a resident of Ward 8 of Bhandaria municipality.

He was arrested around 5:00 PM on Wednesday from a paved road in front of a building owned by Babul Subedar in the Muslimpara area of South Bhandaria, Ward 7 of the municipality.

According to district police, a DB team led by Sub-Inspector Palash Biswas conducted the special operation based on a tip-off, under the overall guidance of Superintendent of Police Muhammad Talebur Rahman.

Police said Sohel was found waiting to sell drugs and was arrested with the cannabis.

Legal proceedings against him under the Narcotics Control Act are under way, police said.

The district police said such drives would continue as part of their zero-tolerance policy against drugs.

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