3 alleged drug smugglers held

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Chittagong Bureau :
Elite force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested three alleged drug smugglers from Chittagong and Cox’s Bazar on Saturday. RAB- 7 team arrested two drug smugglers and recovered 913 bottles of Phensidyl syrup from the possession of arrested persons from Boro Daroga Hat area in Chittagong.
The arrested are identified as Mohammad Ismail Hossain alias Saddam Hossain (28) and Sohel Sikdar (30). Sources said, RAB team showed signal to two Chittagong bound covered van for checking. But, violating the signal of RAB, the covered van crossed the team.
After checking, RAB team recovered a total of 913 bottles of Phensidyl syrup and arrested the drug smugglers Ismail Hossain alias Saddam Hossain and Sohel Sikdar from the spot.
On the other hand, in a separate raid the team of RAB-7 arrested one yaba smuggler named Anwar Hossain from a tea stall at Jaliapara area at Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar. The team also recovered 10,000 pieces of yaba tablets from the possession of arrested Anwar. RAB officials said Anwar was handed over to Teknaf thana for legal action.
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