Indian citizen held with drugs in Jhenaidah

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), in separate drives, arrested an Indian youth and recovered contraband phensedyl and liquor from different border areas in the Jhenaidah district Saturday.

The arrested was Ahad Ali, 17, son of late Bashir, who hailed from Ghaziabad railway station village under Ghaziabad Police Station in New Delhi.

A team of the 58 BGB battalion of Matila Border Out Post (BOP) carried out the drives at the adjacent areas of the Kodla river bank on Saturday noon and arrested Ahad Ali from the Maheshpur border, said BGB battalion release received Sunday.

Matila BOP Commander M Abdus Sattar led the drive.

Besides, the BGB teams of Natunpara and Gayespur BOP recovered 114 bottles of Indian liquor and 59 bottles of phensedyl while conducting separate drives in the areas.

The recovered drugs are now kept at BGB's store.

Police will produce the arrested Indian citizen before the court after filing a case against him for allegedly entering Bangladesh illegally through the Maheshpur border, said Fayez Uddin Mridha, officer-in-charge (OC) of Maheshpur Police Station.