UNB, Dhaka :
Seven people, including former Foreign Minister Morshed Khan’s personal secretary and two policemen, have been arrested allegedly along with Phensidyl and Yaba tablets in Chattogram and Khulna.
In Chattogram, police arrested Mosharraf Uddin, 43, PS to the former foreign minister, and his accomplice Khalil alias Ahmad Khalil, 41, along with 145 bottles of Phensidyl syrup from a private car in the city’s Kadamtali area on Friday night.
Officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station Mohammad Mohsin said a team of police signaled a private car at the BRTC intersection around 11pm.
However, it sped away defying the signal, prompting the law enforcers to chase it.
At one stage, they managed to catch the car and seized contraband Phensidyl syrup from it.
They also arrested Mosharraf and Khalil in this regard. However, their other cohort Aminullah, 35, managed to flee.
In primary interrogation, the duo confessed to their involvement in drug trading, the OC claimed.
In Khulna, five people-Armed Police Battalion (APBn) assistant sub-inspector Abdullah Al Mamum, Criminal Investigation Department constable Sohanur Rahman and three officials of Sonali Jute Mills Ltd-were arrested along with 1,050 Yaba tablets and six bottles of Phensidyl syrup from the city on Saturday.
Officer-in-Charge of Khalispur Police Station Mosharraf Hossain said they arrested Mamun and Mehbub Bin Aftab from Aijar crossing around 12:45 pm along with 1,000 Yaba pills.
Based on information provided by the duo, the law enforcers arrested Sohanur, Nahid Sheikh and Sohel Beg from Jogipol under Khanjahan Ali Police Station along with 50 Yaba pills and six bottles of Phensidyl, he said.
Seven people, including former Foreign Minister Morshed Khan’s personal secretary and two policemen, have been arrested allegedly along with Phensidyl and Yaba tablets in Chattogram and Khulna.
In Chattogram, police arrested Mosharraf Uddin, 43, PS to the former foreign minister, and his accomplice Khalil alias Ahmad Khalil, 41, along with 145 bottles of Phensidyl syrup from a private car in the city’s Kadamtali area on Friday night.
Officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station Mohammad Mohsin said a team of police signaled a private car at the BRTC intersection around 11pm.
However, it sped away defying the signal, prompting the law enforcers to chase it.
At one stage, they managed to catch the car and seized contraband Phensidyl syrup from it.
They also arrested Mosharraf and Khalil in this regard. However, their other cohort Aminullah, 35, managed to flee.
In primary interrogation, the duo confessed to their involvement in drug trading, the OC claimed.
In Khulna, five people-Armed Police Battalion (APBn) assistant sub-inspector Abdullah Al Mamum, Criminal Investigation Department constable Sohanur Rahman and three officials of Sonali Jute Mills Ltd-were arrested along with 1,050 Yaba tablets and six bottles of Phensidyl syrup from the city on Saturday.
Officer-in-Charge of Khalispur Police Station Mosharraf Hossain said they arrested Mamun and Mehbub Bin Aftab from Aijar crossing around 12:45 pm along with 1,000 Yaba pills.
Based on information provided by the duo, the law enforcers arrested Sohanur, Nahid Sheikh and Sohel Beg from Jogipol under Khanjahan Ali Police Station along with 50 Yaba pills and six bottles of Phensidyl, he said.
