The Jamalpur District Detective Branch (DB-1) has arrested five people, including a local Chhatra Dal leader, and seized 217 bottles of Indian liquor and a motorcycle in a special drive in Bakshiganj upazila.
The five were sent to a court in Jamalpur on Sunday afternoon (October 25).
They were detained in raids on Baishnabpara and Lauchapra in Dhanua Kamalpur union on Saturday night (October 24).
Those held are Aman Ullah Aman Uday, 27, general secretary of the Dhanua Kamalpur union unit of Chhatra Dal; Sujat Mia, 37, and Md Sifat, 20, both of Baishnabpara; Md Rubel Mia, 27, of Gazipur; and Md Furkan Hossain, 19, of Nilakshia Mirdhapara.
According to DB sources, acting on a tip-off, detectives raided Sujat Mia’s house in Baishnabpara and detained four people. Based on information they gave, Chhatra Dal leader Aman Ullah Uday was detained in the Lauchapra area. The detectives recovered 217 bottles of various brands of Indian liquor, worth an estimated Tk 673,000, and seized a 150cc Suzuki motorcycle.
Jamalpur Superintendent of Police Mosa. Farhana Yasmin said no one involved in the drug trade would be spared, however influential. Police drives to root out drugs will continue, she said, and she urged the public to help the police with information.
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