A Chattogram court sentenced life term imprisonment to a truck driver and its helper for trading drug in 2021.
The court of Chattogram 2nd Additional District and Sessions Judge Sarwar Alam awarded truck driver Masum Mia, 35, and its helper Md Alom Hossain, 23, to life term imprisonment for trading 48,000 Yaba pills.
The court also awarded them Taka 20, 000 as fine, in default; they will have to suffer more one year imprisonment.
According to the prosecution story is in brief that acting on a tip-off a team of Patiya thana police detained the drug trader truck driver Masum Mia and its helper Md Alom Hossain with 48,000 pieces of Yaba from Bypass crossing of Patiya Sadar area under Patiya thana on July 24, 2021.
Police also seized a Dhaka-bound salt laden truck which used for trading drug.
A case was filed with Patiya thana against the alleged drug trader on the same day.
Police submitted the chargesheet before the court on December 12 in 2021 while the court framed Charges against him on April 4, 2022.
The court announced the verdict in presence of convicted truck driver and its helper after examining a total of eight prosecution witnesses, out of 12.
Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha