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BSS, Dinajpur

Members of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) in two anti drug drives in the bordering areas of Birampur upazila arrested five drug smugglers and seized 290 bottles of phensidyl from their possession on Thursday.

BDR sources said that members of the border guards conducted a drive at Rail Ghunti at Birampur in the early hours of Thursday and arrested three women on suspicion. After searching their body they recovered 150 bottles of phensidyl.

In a separate drive at Bijul Bazar on Birampur-Gobindganj road the BDR jawans intercepted a Bogra bound bus from Dinajpur and seized 140 bottles of phensidyl from two passengers of the bus.

The arrested persons were identified as Bijli, 35, Hosne Ara, 32, Shahida, 28, Joynul Abedin, 40, and Monirul, 30.

The arrested were handed over to Birampur thana police.

BSS Satkhira adds : The members of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) arrested one person with 524 grams of gold worth about Taka 11.42 lakh from the Registry office area of the town.

The arrested was identified as Monirul Islam Babu, 18, of Katia village under sadar upazila of the district.

BDR sources said, a mobile team of BDR conducted the raid on the basis of secret information and arrested the man.

The BDR recovered 524 grams of gold after searching the body of Monirul Islam Babu.

A case was filed with sadar thana in this connection.

Meanwile, members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), in separate drives, arrested seven female drug-paddlers and recovered 243 bottles of phensidyl from different places of Panchbibi upazila in the district on Wednesday.

RAB sources said, acting on tips off, a team of the elite force raided Manik Bazar and Tantipara area under the upazila and arrested the women along with the phensidyl.

Of them, Jamila, 40, Buli Begum, 42, Minara Begum, 35, and Dulali, 38, were arrested with 189 bottles of phensidyl from Manik Bazar.

In another drive, Papiya, 20, Lili, 27, and Rajeka, 25, with 54 bottles of phensidyl from Tantipara.

Besides, RAB recovered 160 steel-plates as an abandoned condition near Panchbibi bus stand on the same day.

BSS Rajshahi adds: Police arrested 31 persons including three alleged drug-peddlers on various charges from different areas in city and nine Upazilas of the district on Wednesday.

police sources said, of them nine including the drug-peddlers were picked up from different areas in the metropolis while 22 others from nine upazilas of the district.

Police arrested drug-peddlers identified as Saidul Islam, 28, Shamsher Ali, 60, and Nazimuddin, 25, and seized 200 bottles of phensidyl, 203 grams of heroin and 1.25 kilograms of ganja during five separate raids at different places in the district.

After recording separate cases in these connections the arrested persons and the seized goods were sent to the court.

Traffic police lodged 35 cases under the motor vehicles ordinance and seized two motorbikes and a truck for either without registration during drives against the non-registered motor vehicles during the time.