RANGPUR, Feb 8, 2025 (BSS) - Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-13 in three separate drives arrested five alleged drug traders with 3,360 ampoules of contraband Buprenorphine injections and 346 bottles of phensedyl from Rangpur and Dinajpur districts.
 
"Of them, one person was arrested from Dinajpur and four others from Rangpur districts," said separate press releases, issued here by Senior Assistant Director (Media) of RAB-13 Flight Lieutenant Md Saifullah Nayeem today.
 
On a tip-off, a team of the Crime Prevention Company (CPC)-1 of RAB-13 from Dinajpur Camp arrested a man with 3,360 ampoules of Buprenorphine injections from Adibashi Fakirpara village in Nababganj upazila of Dinajpur at 2 am today.
 
The detainee was Sukula Baski alias Sujan Maker, 33, of village Karnai in Sadar upazila of Dinajpur district. The accused has been handed over to the concerned police station for further action. 
 
In another raid, an operational team of RAB-13 from its Rangpur battalion headquarters arrested three persons with 299 bottles of phensedyl from the Mohipur Bridge area under Gangachara upazila in Rangpur district on Friday.
 
The arrested were Md Nayan Islam, 19, and Md Belal Hossain, 22, both of village Mouza Shakhati and Md Raju Mian, 25, of village Uttar Botrish Hazari in Kaliganj upazila of Lalmonirhat district.
 
In another drive, an operational team of RAB-13 from its Rangpur battalion headquarters arrested one person and seized 47 bottles of phensedyl from village Purbo Ecchhlee in Gangachara upazila of Rangpur district on Thursday.
 
The detainee was Md Imran Hasan Shakil, 22, of village Chandanpat in Aditmari upazila of Lalmonirhat district.
 
The arrested persons have been handed over to the concerned police stations, the releases added.