A team of the Department of Narcotics in Gazipur with the help of Rapid Action Battelion-1 recovered 88kg hemp from a house at Kalialoir and a slum at Tongi and arrested seven persons early Wednesday.
The arrested are Joynab Begum, 50, wife of Late Nazim Uddin of Madhdha Kalialkoir in Gazipur Sadar upazila and her daughter's husband Md Rana, 28, and Parvin Begum, 25, Alyea Begum, 22, Saiful Islam, 35, Mintu Mia, 36, and Sajeda Begum, 27 all of the dwellers of Keranir Tek slum at Tongi.
Among the arrested, Parvin Begum and Alyea Begum were jailed for six months by a mobile court for hemp trading.
Nazmul Hossain Khan, sub-inspector of the Department of Narcotics in Gazipur, said that on a tip-off, they raided the house of Joynab Begum at Kalialoir with the help of RAB-1 and recovered 73kg hemp from the house. They also arrested Joynab Begum and her son-in-law for involvement in the trading.
Later, the team raided Keranir Tek slum at Amtoli of Tongi and arrested Parvin Begum and Alyea Begum with 5 KG hemp. A mobile court sentenced them to six months imprisonment and sent to Gazipur district jail.
The team raided other houses in that slum and arrested Saiful Islam, Mintu Mia and Sajeda Begum and recovered 10 KG hemp from their possession.
Two cases were filed with Joydebpur and Tongi police stations in this connection.
Source : New Age
