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Special Response Battalion (SRB-12) has detained a youth named Md Mannan, 30, with a cannabis plant after conducting a drive in Dupchanchia upazila of Bogura.
He was detained from his own homestead in the Ashunja Madhyapara area of the upazila at around 9:50pm yesterday, Wednesday.
The detainee, Md Mannan, is the son of Md Moazzem of the Ashunja Madhyapara area.
Confirming the drive, Squadron Leader Firoz Ahmed, company commander of CPSC Bogura, SRB-12, told BSS, ‘On the basis of a tip-off, we came to know that there was a plant of the illegal narcotic cannabis at a person’s house in the Ashunja Madhyapara area. On the basis of this information, a drive was conducted with a team on Wednesday night.’
He further said, ‘In the drive, he was caught red-handed with a fresh cannabis plant weighing 350 grams from the courtyard of Mannan’s house. The detained person, along with the seized evidence, has been handed over to Dupchanchia Police Station for further legal action.’
