Two drug dealers were arrested with 420 pieces of yaba in the Konabari (College Gate) area of Gazipur City Corporation. Members of a joint force arrested them during a checkpoint operation on the Dhaka–Tangail highway on Friday.
The arrested men are Anwar Hossain, 38, son of Abdul Mannan of Nalipara village in Kaliakair upazila, and Abdul Majid, 40, son of Mujibur Rahman from Dewaliabari area under Konabari Police Station.
During the search, the joint force recovered 420 yaba tablets, Tk 1,57,950 in cash from drug sales, six mobile phones and two tablets from their possession.
Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Konabari Police Station under Gazipur Metropolitan Police (GMP), Khandaker Jalal Uddin Mahmud, said that a case has been filed against the arrested men under the Narcotics Control Act. They were produced before the court and sent to jail in the afternoon.
