Benapole Port police in Jashore have arrested two women with 71 yaba tablets and 19,740 taka in cash from drug sales. They were arrested in a raid in the Naranpur Keler Kanda area of Benapole Port police station at around 10pm on Saturday (18 July).
The two detained are Salma Khatun, 38, wife of Firoz, and Amena Khatun, 44, wife of Shahid Hossain, both residents of the Naranpur Keler Kanda area. Police sources said the main accused in the drug case, Firoz, cleverly fled during the raid. Police seized 71 yaba pills and 19,740 taka in drug-sale cash from the scene. Benapole Port police officer-in-charge (OC) Ashraf Hossain confirmed the arrests, saying the two women had been sent to a Jashore court after the necessary legal steps. Efforts are under way to arrest the fugitive accused.
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