Indian citizen held with Phensedyl at Cumilla border

The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have arrested an Indian national with 100 bottles of Phensedyl from the Golabari area under the Sadar upazila of the Cumilla border.

The arrested was identified as Mehdi Hasan, 18.

Commander of Cumilla Battalion (10 BGB) Lt Colonel Md Iftekhar Hossain said BGB personnel arrested Mehdi Hasan along with 100 bottles of Phensedyl and one mobile phone from the Keraninagar area in Cumilla district this morning.

Mehdi, who is involved in smuggling, illegally entered Bangladesh's territory, he said.

The detainee was handed over to Cumilla Kotwali Model police station.