Bogura:The Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) arrested a man early today in Bogura, seizing 3,000 yaba pills concealed in a schoolbag during a routine operation. The arrested individual, Md. Ishrar Hossain Pappu, 42, hails from the Golahat area under Saidpur Municipality in Nilphamari district.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, the DNC team conducted the operation in front of TMSS Medical College and Rafatullah Community Hospital on the Dhaka-Rangpur highway. Acting on intelligence about a large consignment of yaba being transported from Dhaka to northern Bangladesh, the team intercepted a Hanif Enterprise bus en route from Dhaka to Saidpur.
During the search, the DNC team discovered the pills in 15 poly packets inside Ishrar Hossain's navy-blue schoolbag, each packet containing 200 pills. The yaba pills weighed a total of 300 grams and carried an estimated market value of Tk 9 lakh. Additionally, the team confiscated an Android mobile phone from him.
Zillur Rahman, deputy director of the DNC's Bogura district office, confirmed that a regular case has been filed with Bogura Sadar Police Station under the Narcotics Control Act.