Highway Police arrested a driver and his assistant of an air-conditioned bus on Saturday morning after seizing nine kilograms of cannabis on the Sonargaon section of the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway in Narayanganj.
The arrested individuals have been identified as bus driver Fuad Uddin and assistant Md Salauddin. They were detained in the Kanchpur area of the Dhaka-bound lane of the highway.
Kanchpur Highway Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Shamim Shekh, confirmed the arrests and drug seizure. He said, “Based on a tip-off, we learned that drugs were being transported in a bus departing from Noakhali. Upon receiving this information, we set up a checkpost, searched the Lal Sabuj operator’s AC bus, recovered nine kilograms of cannabis, and arrested the driver and assistant involved.”
According to the police, the accused used to tactfully transport drugs inside the passengers’ luggage compartment.
Legal proceedings against the arrested individuals are currently underway.
