RANGPUR, Oct 16, 2022 (BSS) - Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-13 in a drive arrested two persons with 296 bottles of phensedyl from village Kashipur in Mithapukur upazila of the district last night.

   "On a tip off, an operational team of the Crime Prevention Specialized Company (CPSC) of RAB-13 conducted the drive and arrested the two men with the phensedyl from the spot," a press release said today.

   The elite force also seized a mini truck, two mobile phone sets and cash money from the possessions of the detainees. The arrested persons were identified as driver of the mini truck Suman Ahmed, 29, of village Chunarchar and Md. Rubel, 23, of village Kanthaltoli Atiabazar under Keraniganj police station in Dhaka district.

   During interrogation, the detainees admitted their involvement in drug trading in connivance with their other cohorts. "After filing a case against the arrested persons in this connection, the elite force handed them over to Mithapukur police station," the release added.