700 bottles of phensidyl seized, one held

Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan police recovered 700 bottles of phensidyl from near the Airport police box in the city yesterday. PHOTO: STAR

Acting on a tip-off, a team of DB police halted a truck near the police box and recovered 700 bottles of Indian phensidyl from the vehicle.

Yunus Ali, 42, was arrested in this connection.

In another drive, Rab-1 members arrested two alleged drug dealers--Nurul Hakim, 38, and Rajiv, 23, along with 140 bottles of beer from Gulshan area on Wednesday night.

A CNG run three-wheeler was also seized from their possession.