SRB-7 detained four suspected drug traffickers and seized 111 kilograms of cannabis and 54 bottles of foreign liquor in two anti-drug raids in Feni.
The operation also seized a salt-laden cargo truck and a CNG-powered auto-rickshaw used to transport the drugs.
The raids were carried out in Chauddagram, Cumilla, early Monday, November 2, and overnight Sunday. SRB said it received information that foreign liquor was being taken by auto-rickshaw from an area near Mohammad Ali Bazar in Feni Sadar toward Nangalkot. Officers set up a temporary checkpoint at the three-way junction at Bijoykara Bazar in Chauddagram.
When the auto-rickshaw was signalled to stop, the driver and passenger tried to flee. Officers detained driver Sagar Hossain, 28, and passenger Joynal Abedin, 27. They recovered 54 bottles of foreign liquor from six cartons hidden behind the passenger seat.
SRB said it also received information that a cargo truck carrying salt was taking cannabis from near Mohammad Ali Bazar toward Chapainawabganj. Officers chased the truck and set up a checkpoint on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in front of Hotel Bypass at Baburchi Bazar in Chauddagram.
At about 1 a.m., the driver and helper tried to flee when the truck was stopped. Officers detained driver Md Azam Ali, 40, and helper Md Dabal, 40. They recovered 111 kilograms of cannabis from the truck and seized the cargo truck, which was carrying about nine tonnes of salt.
SRB-7 Feni camp commander Squadron Leader Mizanur Rahman told Naya Diganta that legal proceedings against the detainees and over the seized drugs were under way.
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