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4 arrested with arms, cannabis in Joypurhat


Published : 21 Jan 2021 08:42 PM

Members of RAB 5, Joypurhat camp conducted separate raids on the basis of secret information and arrested four persons from Bottali Bazar and Bhadsha areas of sadar upazila of the district with foreign revolvers and huge quantity of cannabis.

MM Mohaimenur Rashid, commander of Joypurhat RAB-5 camp, led the operation at Bhadsha Bazar and seized a foreign revolver with four round bullets and arrested two top terrorists from there on January 20 night.

The arrestees were identified as Bayzid Hossain, 26, son of Golam Rabbani of Dhananjoypur village of Dhamurhat upazila of Naogaon district, and Subrata Kumar Mondal, 36, son of Nripendranath Mondal of Inshira village.  

During the preliminary interrogation, they said that they were trying to sell the illegal weapons to the miscreants with the aim of threating the people on the occasion of upcoming Joypurhat Pourashabha election.

In a separate drive on the same night, RAB members arrested two drug traders with 26 kg and 700 gm cannabis from Bottali Bazar area of Khetlal Upazila of the district. 

The arrestees are Imran Hossain, 22, son of Mohammad Bachhu Mian, and Enamul Haque, 24, of Dohar village of Adamdighi upazila of Bogura district. Two separate cases were lodged with Khetlal police station under the Narcotics Control and Arms Act.