The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Chapainawabganj

Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), in separate drives, arrested two hundi traders and recovered over Tk 12 lakh and 1,500 bottles of phensidyl in Shibganj and Sadar upazila on Thursday night.

Acting on a tip-off, a BDR team intercepted a motorbike at Masudpur border in Shibganj upazila at about 7:30pm.

They arrested bike riders Noman Ali, 50, and Fazlur Rahman, 35, and recovered hundi money amounting to over Tk 12 lakh from their possession.

Meanwhile, another team of BDR seized 1,500 bottles of contraband cough syrup from Clubghat area of Hakimpur in Sadar upazila on Thursday midnight.