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Illegal polythene factory sealed

 Ishwardi (Pabna) Correspondent

 B police conducted a raid and seized polythene ,raw material and equipment for making polythene from an illegal polythene factory in Shailpara and arrested Shipon Malitha, the owner of the factory on Sunday night. Pabna District Detective Police OC (in-charge) Ataur Rahman Khandaker said the raid was carried out on the basis of secret information. During this time, the company was sealed by seizing illegally produced polythene, huge quantity of raw material and equipment for making polythene. A case has been registered against the owner of a polythene factory.

7 arrested in Bijoynagar

Bijoynagar (Brahmanbaria) Correspondent

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 Anti-drug task force operation has been conducted in Bijoynagar upazila of Brahmanbaria. This is the second operation conducted in this upazila in the last one week. On Monday, 10 kg of cannabis were seized from the area under Bishnupur BOP of the upazila. 106 bottles of Escoop (codeine), 2000 pieces of yaba were recovered. All of these are involved in drug recovery time 7 people were arrested as accused. The arrested are: Md. Lukman Bhuiyan (42), Shafiqul Islam Shimul (27) of Akhaura Upazila, Shah Alam (50), Masum (25), Yasin (26), Shah Alam of Kalachhara village of the upazila. (38), 6Maheshpar village of the upazila, Johnny (27). They have been directed to file a case under the Narcotics Control Act. Rabia Asfar Saima, Assistant Commissioner (Land) on behalf of the Upazila Administration, Bishnupur BOP participated in the task force on behalf of the Narcotics Control Department as an Assistant Director and a member of the law enforcement agencies.He warned that the anti-drug campaign would continue and that it would be carried out more vigorously until the drug menace was reduced.

2 money lenders arrested

Bagerhat Correspondent

Two money lenders were arrested by prolice on the charge of chaining a debtor with a tree for long five hours and torturing him in the village Bisharighata under Morrelganj Upazila in Bagerhat district for realizing the borrowed money along with its interest, according to a delayed report received here recently. The arrested money lenders are Milon Khan (22) and his brother Mizan Khan (20), son of one Chand Mia of the village and the debtor is Ruhul Amin Shikari (33), son of one Yunus Shikari of the village.

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