Raj Abrar: Four alleged drug peddlers have been arrested in Narayanganj on Monday night when they were caught smuggling 2.06 lakh yaba pills from a secret compartment of a covered van and in a spare tire of a truck.
The arrestees are: covered van driver Md Manik Mia, 27, helper Md Arif, 22, truck driver Md Masum Mia, 40, and helper Md Abdul Khalek, 28, reported The Daily Star.
Manik, Md Arif, Masum hailed from Comilla while Abdul Khalek from Cox’s Bazar, said Mufti Mahmud Khan, legal and media wing director of Rapid Action Battalion, at a press conference.
Acting on a tip-off, Rab stopped the covered van and the truck from Purbachal area under Rupganj Police Station around 11:30 pm and found the yaba pills worth Tk 7.21 crore in the hidden chamber of the covered van’s ceiling and in spare tire of the truck.
Both the vehicles, which were loaded with salt, started for Dhaka from Teknaf of Cox’s Bazar last Friday, the Rab official said.