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BSS, Rajshahi

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested 10 alleged criminals including seven drug-peddlers and seized huge phensidyl and smuggled injections from different areas of four northern districts Saturday last.

RAB sources here said, acting on secret information, the elite force picked up the drug-peddlers including two females from different places of Rajshahi, Joypurhat, Rangpur and Dinajpur districts, and seized 964 bottles and five liters of loose Phensidyl.

They were identified as Abdur Rahim, 36, Anjuara Begum, 40, Shampa Khatun, 40, Idrish Ali, 36, Mozammel Haque, 35,Abdul Momin, 22, and Sayem Uddin, 26.

The elite force also arrested three alleged smugglers identified as Malek Mollah, 28, Shaheen Mondal, 32, and Abul Bashar, 25, with 448 ample of smuggled injections red-handed during a sudden raid at Eidgah road area in Joypurhat town.

The arrested persons and the seized goods were handed over to the concerned police stations after recording separate cases in these connections.

BSS Satkhira adds: Police arrested four drug peddlers and recovered 54 bottles of Phensidyl and 11 small packets of heroin from different places of the town on Sunday.

The arrested were identified as Abdul Alim, 30, village Vadiali under Kolaroa Upazila, Saiful Hossain Munna, 30, of Baliadanga village under Sadar upazila, Achhia Khatun, 30, wife of Anwarul Bari of Srikalam village under Ashashuni upazila and Saiful Islam, 32, son of Tafil Uddin of Ashashuni village in the district.

Police sources said, acting on a top-off, police raided SA Paribahan counter in the town and arrested Alim and Saiful with 54 bottles of Phensidyl.

Besides, in another drive at Srikamal village police arrested Achhia and Saiful with 11 small packets of heroin.

Separate cases were filed with concerned police stations in these connections.