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5 arrested with 1200 yaba in Mymensingh including student leader

Friday, 30 October 2026, 4:10

5 arrested with 1200 yaba in Mymensingh including student leader

District Detective Police (DB) arrested five people, including Mymensingh South District Chhatra Dal Joint General Secretary Monirul Islam, while they were preparing to sell Yaba in Mymensingh city. They were arrested from a room on the ground floor of a two-story building in the Sheora Munshibari area of the city around 1 am on Wednesday night. During the drive, 1,200 pieces of Yaba worth approximately Tk 6 lakh were recovered from them.

Those arrested are Monirul Islam (30) from Char Ghagra village of Mymensingh Sadar, Shakir Hossain (25) from Trishal upazila, Zakirul Islam (32) from Madhya Barera area of Mymensingh city, Sojib Mia (20) from Ghagra union of Sadar, and Utsab Singha Sagar (28) from Sarda Ghosh Road area of the city. DB Sub-Inspector (SI) Md. Ripon Uddin filed a case under the Narcotics Control Act at Kotwali Model Police Station as the plaintiff. On Thursday afternoon, the accused were produced before the court and the judge ordered to send them to jail.

District Detective Police Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md. Mahbubul হক said that the syndicate is regularly involved in the drug business and an investigation is underway into where they collected and supplied the Yaba from. Mymensingh South District Chhatra Dal President Azizul Hakim stated that the matter has been informed to the center and organizational action is being taken quickly against the accused leader, mentioning that the party will not take responsibility for an individual's crime.

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