Rangpur: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-13 arrested an alleged drug trader with 52.8 kilograms of ganja from Mahiganj area on the Rangpur-Kurigram highway in the metropolis on Sunday night.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, an operational team of RAB-13 acted on a tip-off, searching a covered van of Saudagar Courier Service and seizing the large quantity of contraband ganja. The suspect, Md Ranu Mia, 40, son of Md Nurul Haque of village Hatura in Sadar upazila of Lalmonirhat district, was arrested at the scene.
The press release further stated that the elite force handed over the arrested individual to Mahiganj police station of Rangpur Metropolitan Police for further legal action.