The Rapid Action Battalion held a youth and seized 99 pieces of Yaba tablets and 17 bottles of Phensedyl in two drives in Sylhet Wednesday late night and early Thursday.
The arrested was identified as Ali Ahmad, 32, of Pirpur under Jalalabad police station of Sylhet Metropolitan Police, sources in the RAB said.Acting on a tip-off, a RAB-9 team conducted a raid at Court Point in the city at around 1:00am on Thursday and seized 99 pieces of Yaba tablets in an abandoned state in front of the Sylhet Head Post Office.
The battalion member in another drive conducted at Kumargaon area in the city Wednesday late night and arrested Ali Ahmad and recovered 17 bottles of Phensedyl, a contraband India drug, from his possession, RAB sources said.
RAB-9 on-duty media officer confirmed the news of seizure of the sedative drugs.
-With New Age input
