The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

Detective Branch (DB) of police recovered 1,300 bottles of phensidyl and arrested one drug peddler from in front of Shikder Medical College under city's Hajaribagh police station yesterday.

Acting on a tip-off, a team of detective police asked the driver of a capital bound truck coming from Chapainawabganj to halt as the vehicle was passing by Gabtali at about 3:00am.

Ignoring the signal, the truck driver along with his vehicle sped away towards Hajaribagh.

The law enforcers later held the truck near Shikder Medical College and recovered the drugs and arrested drug peddler Mohammad Touhid Sarder Khokon, 22, at about 4:00am. The truck was also seized.