DHAKA, Oct 17, 2023 (BSS) - Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested
four drug peddlers including a woman with 80 kilograms of cannabis from the
city's Jatrabari area around 10:30pm on Monday.

Also, a pickup-van used for carrying and distributing drugs across the city
was seized from their possession.

The arrested were identified as M. Yeasin, 23, M. Moshal, 23, M. Razzakul
Islam, 19, and Hamida Begum, 41.

Acting on a tip-off, a special operational team of the RAB-10 conducted a
drive at Dholaipar area of Jatrabari Police Station on Monday and arrested
them with cannabis around worth Taka 24 lakh, Deputy Director of RAB-10
Aminul Islam told BSS.

Preliminary investigation revealed that the arrested people were the active
members of professional drug peddlers' gang, the sources said, adding: "They
also admitted to collect drugs from border areas of the country and supplied
those across the city for a good price."

A case has been filed against them under the Narcotics Control Act and they
were handed over to the concerned police station, said the RAB Official.