A court in Shailkupa, Jhenaidah, has sentenced 13 people detained in an anti-drug drive to various terms of rigorous imprisonment and fines after their dope tests came back positive.
The sentences were handed down in a summary trial on Monday when they were produced in court under the Narcotics Control Act. The court then ordered them sent to jail.
According to Shailkupa police, of the 13 convicted, three were sentenced to eight months’ rigorous imprisonment each, two to one year each and the other eight to six months each. Each was also fined between 1,000 and 2,000 taka. If they do not pay, they will serve a further 10 to 30 days in prison, depending on the offence.
Those convicted are Abdus Sattar, 40, of Manoharpur village; Raju Shah, 25, of Brahmapur Shahapara; Royel Khan alias Rasel, 25, of Sheikhpara Padamdi; Rais Uddin Mondal, 46, of Mailmari No 2 Mirzapur; Yunus Mondal, 45, of Sheikhpara; Md Hossain, 22, of Char Umrapur village in Charbhadrasan upazila, Faridpur; Bipul Mondal, 35, of Hamdu Kanchanpur, Jhenaidah; and Md Hasib, 20, Md Farhad Hossain, 20, Md Al Amin, 26, Md Sabbir Hossain, 25, Md Sirajul Biswas, 32, and Md Shahin Hossain, 28, of Krishnapur village.
“The police’s special anti-drug drive will continue, with the aim of making the district free of drugs and crime,” said Humayun Kabir Mollah, officer-in-charge of Shailkupa police station.
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