Five drug traffickers arrested with 77,000 yaba tablets
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Rapid Action Battalion arrested five members of a drug trafficking ring from the capital s Basila area with 77,000 yaba tablets on Tuesday.
Rab-2 Commanding Officer Lt Col Imran Ullah Sarkar disclosed the matter at a press briefing at the elite force s media centre in Karwan Bazar today.
The arrestees are Tarikul Islam (23), Sinbad (23), Mim Mia (22), Emon (19), and Monir (28).
Disguised as members of the wandering Bede community, they used to travel from one place to another, carrying stoves and cooking utensils, the Rab official said.
To avoid suspicion, they used to sell various ornaments and accessories such as bangles, hair ribbons, children s belts, chains, safety pins, rings, etc.
Expired medical testing kits seized from 3 firms
Covid testing kits among those; nine held Staff Correspondent Staff Correspondent
A medical product supply company in the capital has been importing expired testing kits and supplying those to government and private hospitals tempering the expiry dates.
The testing kits were used for detecting Covid-19, cancer, diabetics, HIV, and jaundice.
Biolab International, a medical product supplying company, and two of its associate organisations Exon Technologies and Services Ltd, and Hi-Tech HealthCare Ltd were involved in the illegal activities and earned a huge sum of money allegedly joining hands with a section of government and private hospital staffers.