A drug trader has been detained with Yaba tablets in a raid by the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) in Faridpur.
The raid was conducted on Tuesday on the eastern side of the highway at Talmar Mor Bazar under Nagarkanda Police Station in Faridpur.
The detainee was identified as Md Zafar Sheikh, 31, son of Md Zahid Sheikh, from Rajnarayanpur under Bera Police Station in Pabna district.
According to DNC, the team recovered 3,920 Yaba tablets weighing 392 grams. The pills were concealed in a specially constructed compartment inside a black trolley bag and wrapped in polythene packets secured with black adhesive tape. A smartphone was also recovered from the front left pocket of his trousers.
Shirin Akter, deputy director of the Department of Narcotics Control in Faridpur, confirmed the arrest and recovery on Tuesday night, saying the team detained Zafar with the tablets after receiving secret information.
She added that a case was filed against him and he was later produced before the court, which sent him to jail.
The deputy director said the Faridpur DNC would continue its anti-narcotics drives in the region.
