Rangpur:The Special Response Battalion (SRB)-13 has successfully conducted separate operations resulting in the seizure of significant quantities of drugs and the arrest of three individuals in the Rangpur and Thakurgaon districts.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, the operations led to the confiscation of 1,648 Yaba pills, 11,171 Tapentadol tablets, and two bottles of PKedryl syrup. Assistant Director (Media) and Assistant Superintendent of Police Muhammad Moniruzzaman confirmed these details through a press release.
In Rangpur, an SRB-13 team from Gaibandha Camp, acting on a tip-off, apprehended an alleged drug dealer, Md Khademul Islam alias Ripon, at Gopinathpur Dangapara village under Badarganj police station. The arrest, which took place at 1015 pm on Thursday, led to the seizure of 298 Yaba pills, 11,171 Tapentadol tablets, and a motorcycle.
In a separate raid conducted by another SRB-13 team from Dinajpur Camp at Durgapur village under Pirganj police station in Thakurgaon district, 1,350 Yaba pills and two bottles of PKedril syrup were seized. The operation, which occurred at 110 am on Friday, resulted in the arrest of two individuals, identified as Md Bellal Hossain and his wife Mst Nazmin Nehar Nishi.
Following the arrests, two separate cases were filed, and the arrested individuals, along with the seized narcotics, were handed over to the respective local police stations at Badarganj and Pirganj.