Police in separate drives arrested six alleged drug traders and recovered 1,020 pieces of yaba tablets and 50-gm hemp from Kalmegha-Kupdon village under Pathorghata upazila of the district early this morning.
The arrested persons are Shakil, 30, Firoj, 32, Ajad, 31, resident of Amratala-Kacharibari area and Nesar Uddin, 60, his wife Hasina Begum, 50, and Kalu Miah, 40, residents of Kupdon village of the upazila.
On a tip-off, a team of police conducted the drives at Amratala and Kupdon villages and arrested the drug peddlers with yaba tablets and hemp, said SM Ziaul Haque, officer-in-charge of Pathorghata Police Station.
The drug traders also tried to attack on police during the drives but they were resisted, he said.
Three separate cases were filed in these connections.
Source: BSS