Law and order
Police seize 7,375 yaba tablets from truck in Rajshahi, arrest driver
Translated by Desk Report
District Detective Branch (DB) police seized 7,375 yaba tablets from a truck during a raid in Durgapur, Rajshahi, and arrested its driver, Shamim Reza. Another man, identified as Jony Ali, fled after sensing the police presence, police said.
The raid took place around 1:05am on Monday (19 October) on a paved road in front of the old betel leaf market next to the home of a goldsmith named Akram in Gopalpara village of Durgapur upazila.
According to police sources, Rajshahi Superintendent of Police Md Mamun Or Rashid received a tip-off that two men with a truck were in the Gopalpara area to sell illegal drugs. A district DB team then raided the area on his orders.
Police detained truck driver Shamim Reza during the raid. They searched him and the truck he was using and recovered 7,375 yaba tablets. Police also seized the truck. The other accused, Jony Ali, managed to escape.
Police said a case had been filed against the arrested Shamim Reza and fugitive Jony Ali at Durgapur Police Station under the relevant sections of the Narcotics Control Act, 2018.
