UNB, Joypurhat :
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested five members of a snake venom smugglers’ syndicate along with 12 pounds of cobra venom worth Tk68 crore from several parts of the district early Saturday.
The arrestees are- Mohamamd Enamul Haque, 38, son late Abdul Wahab of Sardarpara village, Tozammel Hossain, 31, son of late Idris Ali of Suryaban village of Khetlal upazila, Mottafin Billah Sohagh, 18, son of Belal Hossain of Shotahar village in sadar upazila, Motaleb Hossain, 34, son of Moyen Uddin of Beltoli village in Malanda upazila in Jamalpur district and AKM Mansur, 59, son of late Gulzar Hossain of Rahutnagdapara village in Faridpur upazila of Pabna district.