Thakurgaon:Special Response Battalion (SRB)-13 conducted separate operations across Thakurgaon, Dinajpur, and Nilphamari districts, resulting in the seizure of 8.5 kg of ganja and 170 Yaba pills, along with the arrest of three individuals in the past 24 hours.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, the information was confirmed today through a press release by SRB-13's Senior Assistant Director (Media) and Additional Superintendent of Police Biplob Kumar Goswami.
In Thakurgaon, an SRB-13 team from Dinajpur Camp apprehended Tuton Sarkar, 30, of Borolajakata village under Bhairab police station of Kishoreganj, with 8.5 kg of ganja at Khochabari Bazar under Sadar police station at 815 pm last night. In Dinajpur, a separate operation led to the seizure of 2.5 kg of ganja at Panchshala village under Birol police station, with the arrest of Md Nawab Ali, 59, from his residence at 245 pm yesterday.
A third operation in Nilphamari district saw another SRB team from Rangpur seizing 170 Yaba pills and arresting Md Abdul Haque, 31, at his home in Purba Kharibari (Jinjinpara) village under Dimla police station at 630 pm yesterday. Following the arrests, three separate cases were filed, and the detained individuals, along with the seized narcotics, were handed over to the respective police stations.