UP member held with yaba in Manikganj

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) today arrested a union parishad member along with 80 pieces of yaba tablets in Saturia upazila of Manikganj.

The arrestee, Monwar Hossain (35), is a member of ward 5 under Dhankoda union in the upazila, said Unu Mong, company commander of Rab-4 in Manikganj.

Acting on a tip off, a team of Rab-4 launched a drive in Kamta area around 2pm and recovered the yaba pills from inside the toolbox of Monwar's motorcycle.

He was handed over to Saturia Police Station around 5pm after a case was filed against him under Narcotics Control Act, our Manikganj correspondent reports, quoting the Rab official.