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Indian sarees seized in Habiganj

HABIGANJ, Sept 22 : Police in a drive seized smuggled Indian sarees worth about Taka 12 lakh from Durlovpur village under Madhavpur upazila in the district on Sunday morning. Acting on a secret information, a team of police raided the house of one Abdul Aziz Miah of Durlavpur village in the early hours of Sunday and recovered 550 sarees from there. Sensing the presence of police, Aziz and his accomplices fled the scene. A case was filed with Madhavpur police station in this connection, reports BSS.

Phensidyl, seized in Joypurhat

JOYPURHAT, Sept 22 : Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), in a drive arrested two drug peddlers and seized 79 bottles of phensidyl from Panchbibi-Kamdia road in the district on Sunday. RAB sources said, the arrested persons were identified as Manik, 22, and Nur Alam, 25. Based on a tip-off, a team of the elite force led by Major Shah Ali conducted the raid at Danejpur area on Panchbibi-Kamdia road in the district and seized 79 bottles of contraband phensidyl from their possession, reports BSS.

Firearms seized in Jessore

JESSORE, Sept 22 : Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) seized four firearms and three rounds of bullet from Khedapara village under Monirampur upazila in the district on Sunday morning. Acting on a tip-off, a team of the elite force led by ASP Mizanur Rahman conducted the drive at Khedapara village and seized four shutter-guns and three rounds of bullet from the house of one Abu Sina. None was arrested in this connection, reports BSS.

Youth slaughtered

KERANIGANJ, Sept 23: A young fruit trader was slaughtered in south Keraniganj area early today (Tuesday). The deceased was identified as Rubel, 22, son of Babul, of Aganagar Nadidhara area. Police said some friends of Rubel called him out of home at about 1am and took him to the rooftop of a nearby house. They slaughtered Rubel and left his body on the roof. The house inmates saw the body during sehri time and informed police. On information, police sent the body to Mitford Hospital in Dhaka. A case has been filed, reports UNB.

Adulterated oil seized in Sherpur

SHERPUR, Sept 23: A joint team of RAB and district administration conducted an anti adulterated drive and seized 200 drums of palm oil from an oil mill at Court Road in Nakla upazila on Monday. The team raided Popular Oil Mills at noon and caught red handed its employees while mixing palm oil with mustered oil. The team also sealed off the mill and realized Tk 50,000 in fine. RAB sources said the mill owner has long been selling palm oil mixing with mustered oil in the name of original mustered oil. Upazila administration sources said the mill owner, earlier, had been fined Tk 1 lakh for doing the same misdeed, reports UNB.

Two arrested along with Indian clothes in Gualunda

GUALUNDA, Sept 23: Two people were arrested along with some Indian clothes worth over Tk 1.5 lakh from a bus at Dauladia Ferry Ghat early Monday. Police said acting on a tip-off, they raided a Dhaka-bound bus of Hanif Paribahan at about 3am and seized the Indian clothes, kept in its side-box. Later, the law enforcers arrested two persons in this connection, reports UNB.