Dinajpur: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-13 arrested a suspected drug peddler with 593 pieces of Yaba tablets from Dohara Jabaripur High School premises under Bochaganj upazila of the district on Wednesday afternoon. "Acting on a tip-off, an operational team of Crime Prevention Company (CPC)-2 of RAB-13 from Nilphamari camp searched the body of a person at the spot at 3:30 pm and arrested him with the contraband Yaba tablets," a press release said today.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, the arrested person has been identified as Md. Jewel, 32, son of Ismail Hossain of Atkora village under Ranisankail upazila. "After filing a case in this connection, the elite force handed over the arrestee along with the seized Yaba tablets to the Bochaganj police station in Dinajpur," the release further said.