Drug trade under cover of private tutoring in Tongi, woman held with 15,000 yaba pills

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The Department of Narcotics Control has detained a woman named Srabonti Akter in Tongi of Gazipur on charges of running a drug trade under the cover of private tutoring. The agency claims to have recovered 15,000 yaba tablets from her rented house.

The drive was conducted on Thursday (1 October) afternoon, on the basis of a tip-off, at Shahanara Manzil in the East Arichpur Madinapara area under Tongi East Police Station. Srabonti was detained in the drive led by Shaheen Mahmud, assistant director of the Department of Narcotics Control, Gazipur, and the yaba pills were later recovered in a search of her room.

Department sources said Srabonti worked as a private tutor in the area, but it is alleged that under that cover she was involved in the drug trade. Officials said she admitted to the drug trade during interrogation after her detention.

Srabonti is the daughter of Md Matin of the Chardighaldi area under Madhabdi Police Station in Narsingdi. She lived in a rented house at Shahanara Manzil in East Arichpur, Tongi.

Local residents allege that many people, including women, are involved in the drug trade in various areas of Tongi. They claim that after being arrested, some come out on bail and get involved in the drug trade again.

Md Emdadul Islam Mithun, deputy director of the Gazipur Department of Narcotics Control, said Srabonti carried on a drug trade under the cover of private tutoring. She was detained in a drive conducted on the basis of a tip-off and 15,000 yaba pills were recovered from her. A case has been filed with the police station over the incident and the anti-narcotics drive is continuing.