Abrar Hussain: Ten drug peddlers from eight districts have been killed in countrywide ‘gunfights’ with law enforcers, as anti-narcotics drives continue.Of them, 2 in Cumilla, 2 in Dinajpur, 1 in Kurigram, 1 in Joypurhat, 1 Chandpur, 1 in Mymensingh, 1 in Pabna, and 1 in Thakurgaon, were killed from 12 am up to Saturday (May 26), reports Banglanews24.
In Cumilla, two suspected drug dealers – Babul, 40, and Almas, 35 – were killed in a gunfight with police in Bagra area of Brahmanpara upazila. 40 kg hemp, one round bullet, and a foreign pistol were seized from the spot.
In Joypurhat, s suspected drug trader named Rintu was killed in an alleged gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Bhimpur village under Panchbibi Upazila of the district. Phensendyls, a gun, one round bullet were seized from the spot.
In Mymensingh, a suspected drug trader Shahjahan, 30, was killed in a reported gunfight with detective branch of police at Telwari point of Athabari union under Ishwarganj upazila, according to Officer-in-Charge Ashiqur Rahman Mymensingh DB police.
In Dinajpur, two suspected drug traders, identified as Sabdarul Islam, 42 and Abdus Salam, 47, were killed in two gunfights with RAB in Birganj upazila and Dinajpur Sadar Upazila.
In Chandpur, a suspected drug trader, Bablu, 35, was killed in a gunfight with police at Bonra village under Ashrafpur union of Kachua upazila.
In Pabna, a listed drug trader Abdur Rahman Sheikh, 45, was killed in a reported gunfight with police in Mahedrapur bus terminal area of Pabna Sadar upazila. 200 pieces of yaba pills, a few guns, bullets, and 500 grams of hemp were seized from them.
In Thakurgaon, a drug dealer named Mobarak Hossen Kuttri, 44, was killed during a gunfight with police, said Farhad Ahmed, SI of that police station.
In Kurigram, an alleged drug dealer, Ibrahim Ali, 34, was killed in a reported shootout with police. A lot of drugs and a huge amount of explosives were seized from him.
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