A mobile court has jailed five people for taking drugs during an anti-narcotics drive in Bheramara, Kushtia. Drug paraphernalia was recovered from them.
The drive was carried out at several places in the upazila on Monday night, October 26.
Tohirul, 46, was jailed for one year, and Sentu, 58, Sajib, 36, Mohidul, 50, and Motiar, 37, for three months each, all without hard labour.
The drive was led jointly by Bheramara upazila nirbahi officer and executive magistrate Amirul Arafat and assistant commissioner (land) and executive magistrate Dr Gazi Ashik Bahar. Police from Bheramara police station, Ansar members and staff of the UNO’s office took part.
UNO Amirul said: “This initiative is to save young people from the deadly grip of drugs. The upazila administration’s uncompromising, sweeping drive against drugs will continue firmly.”
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