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BSS, Rajshahi

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) rounded up six suspected criminals including five drug- peddlers and seized phensidyl and smuggled fertilizer from different areas in five northern districts during the last 24 hours till Wednesday afternoon.

RAB sources said the elite force seized 452 bottles and 10 liters loose phensidyl, 100 grams of heroin and 22 kilograms of ganja and arrested the drug-peddlers during six separate raids at different places in Rajshahi, Chapainawabgonj, Joypurhat and Rangpur districts.

The arrested persons were identified as Shahidul Islam, 32, Ratan Chandra Boshak, 35, Biplob Chandra, 26, Noyan Chandra, 22, and Rabiul Islam, 28.

In another raid conducted at Govindaganj Bazar in Gaibandha district, a RAB team seized 889 sacs of smuggled MOP fertilizer valued at around Taka 28.36 lakh and arrested an alleged smuggler identified as Firoj Mian, 23, of the same district in this connection.

The arrested persons and the seized goods including the drug items were handed over to the concerned police stations.