Four arrested with 100 grams of heroin in Rangpur

The Special Response Battalion (SRB)-13 arrested four alleged drug dealers, including two women, with 100 grams of heroin from the Islampur area under Mithapukur police station of Rangpur on Sunday evening.

The detainees are Dulali Begum, 36, Harunur Rashid, 35, of village Kartik Madhyapara, Md Ripon, 19, of village Paschim Boddha Para and Ferdousi Begum, 34, of Talpotti Hajir Para, under different police stations of Rangpur, said a press release.

On a tip-off, an operational team of SRB-13 from Rangpur searched a 'Hanif Paribahan' bus in the Islampur area under Mithapukur police station, seized the heroin and arrested the four persons on the spot at 6 pm on Sunday.

The four arrested individuals, acting in collusion, had heroin with the intent to sell it.

After filing a case against the arrested people under the Narcotics Control Act, 2018, the elite force handed them over, along with the seized evidence, to Mithapukur police station for further legal action.