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500 grams of heroin seized in Comilla

Comilla, Sept 25 : BDR jawans seized 500 grams of heroin from a passenger bus at Paduar Bazaar bypass on Dhaka-Chittagong highway early Thursday. On secret information, the border guards raided the Dhaka-bound bus from Comilla and recovered the heroin worth about Tk 50 lakh from under a seat at about 4:00am. None was arrested in this connection, reports UNB.

RAB seize heroin, hemp, phensidyl in Jessore

Jessore, Sept 25 : Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), in separate drives, seized heroin, Indian medicine, phensidyl syrup and hemp in the district on Wednesday. A team of the elite force seized 600 grams of heroin from the houses of Mostar Ali and Jalil Sarder at Sadipur village in Benapole. They also seized 770 packets of Indian medicine from Bankra bazaar in Jhikargachha upazila and 2.5 kgs hemp from Purapara bazaar in Chougachha upazila, reports UNB.

Case filed against UP chairman, member in Manikganj

Manikganj, Sept 25 : A case was filed against a UP chairman and a UP member of Nali union in Ghior upazila on Wednesday for selling government rice in the black market. Ghior Project Implementation officer filed the case against UP Chairman Abul Hashem Biswas and member Swapan after police recovered the rice from the shops of three businessmen. Sources said the government allocated 22.50 mts of rice for 1,500 distressed people of Nali union to distribute 15 kg to each person. But 10 to 12 kgs of rice was distributed among each person instead of 15kg on Tuesday, reports UNB.

Fugitive convict

arrested in Bogra

Bogra, Sept 25 : Police arrested a fugitive convict, who was sentenced to death in a murder case, from Charmatha area of the district town Wednesday. Police said acting on secret information they arrested Yakub Ali, 22, while he was working at a thread factory in the area at about 3:00 pm. Yakub, son of Lutfor Rahman, hailed from Satarbhog village in Noldanga upzila of Natore district. Police said Yakub was awarded death penalty recently in absentia for killing his co-villager Rafiqul Alam, reports UNB.

Two die in separate incidents in Sylhet

Sylhet, Sept 25 : Two people died in separate incidents in the district on Tuesday. A middle aged man was electrocuted at Chhayghari village in Jokiganj upazila. Family sources said Makhan Miah, 55, died instantly when he came in contact with a live electric wire at his house. Besides, a young man allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in Bianibazar upazila on the same day. The dead was identified as Tajuddin, 30. The reason behind the suicide could not be known immediately, reports UNB.

4 arrested with fake currency notes in Manikganj

Manikganj, Sept 25 : Four people were arrested along with fake currency notes worth Tk 5,700 at Manikganj Poura Super Market on Wednesday. Police said Sheikh Milan bought a mobile phone set from TM International of the Super Market and gave 23 fake notes of Tk 100 denomination to the shopkeeper, who later informed the police. The law forcers rushed to the spot and arrested Sheikh Milan. They recovered 34 more fake notes of Tk 100 denomination from his possession. As per his confessional statement, police also arrested his accomplices Khwaza Miah, Fakir Chan and Nizam. They hailed from Ghior upazila of the district. A case was filed, reports UNB.