Uncle and nephew returned from Kuwait arrested in Narail with 1,000 yaba tablets
The Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) has arrested two identified drug dealers in a special anti-drug drive in Narail, seizing 1,000 yaba tablets and cash from drug sales.
The arrested men are maternal uncle and nephew. The DNC said they had lived in Kuwait as expatriates for a long time and, after returning home, ran a drug trade behind a fish enclosure business.
The information was confirmed in a press release sent on Monday (9 November) evening from the DNC's Narail district office. Earlier, on Sunday (8 November) afternoon, they were detained in a drive in the Muldaier Paschimpara area of Sadar upazila.
The arrested men are Ahad Sheikh (38), son of A. Rashid Sheikh of Muldaier Paschimpara village in Narail Sadar upazila, and Syed Sajjad Ali (49), son of Syed Nausher Ali of Bhatia Dakshinpara village in the same upazila.
According to DNC sources, acting on a tip-off, a team of the Department of Narcotics Control launched a special drive at around 11:45 am on Sunday at Ahad Sheikh's two-storey house in Muldaier Paschimpara, Sadar upazila.
During the drive, officers searched a wooden cabinet in Ahad's house and recovered five blue zip-locked packets ingeniously hidden in the fold of his lungi. Each packet contained 200 orange yaba tablets, totalling 1,000.
In addition, 96,000 taka in cash from drug sales and a mobile phone used in the drug trade were seized.
Golok Majumder, Deputy Director of the DNC's Narail district office, said that during preliminary interrogation the arrested men admitted they had been running an illegal yaba trade in various areas of Narail for a long time.
He said they also ran fish enclosure businesses in the area to create a social and economic cover.
Golok Majumder added that a case will be filed against the arrested men under the Narcotics Control Act at Narail Sadar Police Station, and the process of producing them in court along with the seized evidence is under way.
The Department of Narcotics Control said such special drives will continue to curb the spread of drugs across the district.
