Rangpur:The Special Response Battalion (SRB) apprehended a man in possession of 955 Yaba tablets in the Bongram area under Kawnia Police Station, Rangpur, on Monday afternoon.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, the arrested individual is identified as Md Mozammel Haque, 45, son of Syed Ali from Paschim Anantapur village under Phulbari Police Station in Kurigram district. The information was disclosed in an SRB-13 press release.
The arrest followed a tip-off, prompting a team from SRB-13, Rangpur Sadar Company, to conduct a raid in the Bongram area. The operation led to the apprehension of Mozammel Haque along with the illegal Yaba tablets at 5 pm.
Following the arrest, a case was filed under the Narcotics Control Act, 2018. The SRB subsequently handed over the seized narcotics and the arrested individual to the Kawnia Police Station.