The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Dhaka

Detective Branch (DB) of police, in separate drives, arrested five alleged drug peddlers, including a student of a private university, from different parts of the city on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Being tipped-off, the plainclothes police intercepted a private car at Tejgaon Industrial area at about 1:45pm yesterday. They arrested car passenger Jaminur Rahman, 25, a BBA 1st year student of South East University of Banani campus, and his associate Shipon Miah, 24.

They also recovered 230 cans of beer from their possession.

The DB police also arrested three youths-ABM Musa, Jashimuddin, and Arif alias Swapon-from the city's Tejgaon and Badda areas on Tuesday on charge of drug peddling.