Dinajpur: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-13 arrested three suspected drug dealers with 56 kg of ganja from Gobindapara village under Birganj Police Station in Dinajpur district today.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, acting on a tip-off, an operational team of the RAB-13 Dinajpur Camp conducted an anti-drug drive and searched a house in the village. The team seized the contraband ganja and arrested the three alleged drug dealers at 7:40 am, as stated in a press release issued this afternoon.
The detainees were identified as Md Osman Gani, 45, son of late Shahidullah Islam; Md Ainul Haque, 40, son of late Abdul Gafur, both of Gobindapara village; and Md Shakib Islam, 19, son of Nabi Hossain of Sahadubi village under Birganj Police Station in Dinajpur district.
During the initial interrogation, the Elite Force learned that the arrested individuals had allegedly been collecting drugs from different areas of Dinajpur for a long time and supplying, buying, and selling them in various parts of the country, including the Rangpur division.
After filing a case against the arrested persons in connection with the incident, the Elite Force handed them over to Birganj Police Station along with the seized drugs, the release added.