Two held with drugs in Jamalpur

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested two alleged drug peddlers along with bottles of phensedyl in the Jamalpur municipality area on Friday afternoon.

The arrested persons were identified as Md Zahidul Islam Babu, 35 and Aklima Begum, 23 hailed from Lalmonirhat and Bogura district respectively.

RAB-14 sources said acting on a tip-off, a team of the elite force halted a motorcycle in Chhankanda area at 3:30 pm.

After searching the bike, RAB members recovered 194 bottles of phensydils worth of Tk about 2 lakh and arrested Md Zahidul Islam Babu and Aklima Begum who were riding the bike.

A case was registered with Jamalpur Sadar Police Station in this regard.