S.A. Shofiee, Sylhet :
Smuggling of deadly drugs into the country has become rampant through different bordering points in Kanaighat and Guainghat upazila of Sylhet and its nearby areas in the last couple of months, destroying the lives of many youths.
Young people, mostly college and university students, are gradually becoming drug addicts across the country, creating a grave concern among the guardians.
Besides, police seized other drug items, including hemp, heroin, phensidyl and foreign alcohol. They also recovered locally-made guns, four guns, one pipe gun, six cocktails and some other lethal weapons during the same period.
Alongside police and other law enforcement agencies, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recently recovered large consignments of Yaba tablets from different parts of Sylhet district.
Meanwhile, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-9 on Sunday arrested two drug traders with 60 pieces of Yaba tablets from Karbannagar area in Sunamganj. The arrested persons were Humayun Rashid and Nur Mohammad.
During police interrogation, the suspected drug traders who were arrested from different areas of Sylhet district said they were involved in drug business like Yaba smuggling for long.
Local sources said organised smugglers of the harmful Yaba tablets have built up a strong network in Dhaka’s underworld.
Besides, the listed drug smugglers, some influential persons of bordering areas having link with political leaders and law enforcers also get involved in this immoral trade, detective sources said.
Currently, Arms are increasingly being smuggled across the border by carriers who hope to earn money from this business, sources said. Not only youngsters of well-to-do family, youths of middle- and lower-income families are now taking such banned drug item, endangering their lives.
Sylhet Superintendent of Police (SP) Noor-e Alam Mina said, ‘Against the backdrop of Arms smuggling, we have launched massive drives at different parts of the district to seize the deadly drug and arrest its smugglers. We have declared a war against this harmful drug.’ In the face of massive drives, the organised gangs of drug smugglers have already changed their smuggling routes, the SP said.
Boy dies while imitating suicide acting in Sylhet
A minor boy was killed by hanging with a ceiling fan while he was imitating suicide scene from a Bangla movie on television in Jagannathpur upazila of Sunamganj district on Wednesday.
The deceased was identified as Helim, 12, son of Helal Mia of Shibashram village in the upazila.
Helim along with his parents used to live in a rented house at Jalalpur village in Jagannathpur municipality area.
The victim’s mother Helana Begum said Helim used to watch television and imitate acting from different parts of dramas and movies.
On the fateful day, Helim imitated suicide acting by tying his neck with the ceiling of his room at noon and died on the spot when other inmates were out of the house.
Sub-inspector Lutfar Rahman of Jagannathpur Police Station confirmed the incident and said that they recovered the body and sent it to Sunamganj Sadar Hospital morgue for an autopsy.
Smuggling of deadly drugs into the country has become rampant through different bordering points in Kanaighat and Guainghat upazila of Sylhet and its nearby areas in the last couple of months, destroying the lives of many youths.
Young people, mostly college and university students, are gradually becoming drug addicts across the country, creating a grave concern among the guardians.
Besides, police seized other drug items, including hemp, heroin, phensidyl and foreign alcohol. They also recovered locally-made guns, four guns, one pipe gun, six cocktails and some other lethal weapons during the same period.
Alongside police and other law enforcement agencies, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recently recovered large consignments of Yaba tablets from different parts of Sylhet district.
Meanwhile, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-9 on Sunday arrested two drug traders with 60 pieces of Yaba tablets from Karbannagar area in Sunamganj. The arrested persons were Humayun Rashid and Nur Mohammad.
During police interrogation, the suspected drug traders who were arrested from different areas of Sylhet district said they were involved in drug business like Yaba smuggling for long.
Local sources said organised smugglers of the harmful Yaba tablets have built up a strong network in Dhaka’s underworld.
Besides, the listed drug smugglers, some influential persons of bordering areas having link with political leaders and law enforcers also get involved in this immoral trade, detective sources said.
Currently, Arms are increasingly being smuggled across the border by carriers who hope to earn money from this business, sources said. Not only youngsters of well-to-do family, youths of middle- and lower-income families are now taking such banned drug item, endangering their lives.
Sylhet Superintendent of Police (SP) Noor-e Alam Mina said, ‘Against the backdrop of Arms smuggling, we have launched massive drives at different parts of the district to seize the deadly drug and arrest its smugglers. We have declared a war against this harmful drug.’ In the face of massive drives, the organised gangs of drug smugglers have already changed their smuggling routes, the SP said.
Boy dies while imitating suicide acting in Sylhet
A minor boy was killed by hanging with a ceiling fan while he was imitating suicide scene from a Bangla movie on television in Jagannathpur upazila of Sunamganj district on Wednesday.
The deceased was identified as Helim, 12, son of Helal Mia of Shibashram village in the upazila.
Helim along with his parents used to live in a rented house at Jalalpur village in Jagannathpur municipality area.
The victim’s mother Helana Begum said Helim used to watch television and imitate acting from different parts of dramas and movies.
On the fateful day, Helim imitated suicide acting by tying his neck with the ceiling of his room at noon and died on the spot when other inmates were out of the house.
Sub-inspector Lutfar Rahman of Jagannathpur Police Station confirmed the incident and said that they recovered the body and sent it to Sunamganj Sadar Hospital morgue for an autopsy.
