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SRB-5 has arrested a drug trader named Mehedi Hasan, 35, with 6 kilograms and 751 grams of heroin in a drive in Shibganj, Chapainawabganj.
His associate Al-Mamun, 40, fled after sensing the presence of the force during the drive. The drive was conducted at dawn on Tuesday at Mehedi Hasan’s homestead in the Omarpur Hathatpara area of Shyampur union, ward no 4, in Shibganj upazila.
The arrested Mehedi is the son of the late Mofiz Uddin of that area. The fugitive Al-Mamun is also a resident of the same area.
The SRB said that, acting on a tip-off, a team from the Rajshahi Sadar Company of SRB-5 cordoned off Mehedi’s house at around 5:30am and began the drive. At that time, it was possible to detain Mehedi but Al-Mamun fled. Later, on the basis of information given by Mehedi during interrogation, 6 kilograms and 751 grams of heroin were recovered from the firewood storage shed in front of the homestead.
The agency further said Mehedi admitted in primary interrogation that he had kept the heroin in his custody for the purpose of selling it. He and the fugitive Al-Mamun had for a long time been collecting heroin in collusion with each other and buying and selling it in different areas of Rajshahi division. A case has been filed against the two under the Narcotics Control Act with Shibganj Police Station over the incident.
