CHATTOGRAM — A police constable was arrested in Chattogram on Tuesday morning with 50,000 yaba pills while transporting the methamphetamine tablets from Cox’s Bazar to Khulna, police said. The suspect was identified as Ashikul Islam, a constable with Khulna district police.
Officers from Bakalia police station arrested him in front of the Shaheed Bashiruzzaman roundabout near the Shah Amanat Bridge in the city’s Bakalia area. Ashikul is the son of Babar Ali Munshi of Gobindapur union in Muksudpur upazila of Gopalganj.
Bakalia police station Officer-in-Charge Mohammad Solaiman said officers searched the area near the roundabout and arrested Ashikul, recovering 50,000 yaba pills from him. A case has been filed at the station under the Narcotics Control Act, and the suspect has been sent to jail through the court, he said.
Asked about the case, Khulna district Additional Superintendent of Police (Crime and Operations) Anisuzzaman said Tuesday afternoon, “We have learned that a police member has been arrested in Chattogram with yaba. Departmental action is being taken against him.” He said it was not yet clear whether constable Ashikul was on leave or had come to Chattogram while on duty.
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