Dhaka: The Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) personnel arrested two alleged female drug dealers with four kilograms of smuggled ganja from the Nachchnia area under Mahiganj Police Station of Rangpur metropolis today.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, the arrestees are Most Rubina Begum, 41, wife of Md Minhajul Islam, and Most Sabina Yasmin alias Yasmin, 25, wife of Md Rubel, both from village Gorak Mandal under Phulbari Police Station of Kurigram district.
Based on a tip-off, a team of the Rangpur DNC searched a Rangpur-bound passenger bus from Kurigram at the Nachchnia area on the Kurigram-Rangpur highway. The team seized the narcotics and arrested the women at around 1:30 pm, a press release said tonight.
Inspector of the DNC Narcotics, Rangpur, S M Eltas Uddin, filed a case in this connection with Mahiganj Police Station of Rangpur Metropolitan Police. The arrested persons, along with the seized drugs, have been handed over to the police station.