Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested an alleged drug peddler with 1,070 pieces of contraband yaba tablets from his house in the district last night.
The detainee was identified as Ezazul Haque, 39, son of Hazzaz Ali of Yusufpur Tangan village under Charghat Upazila in the district, RAB sources said.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of the elite force conducted a raid in his house and nabbed the man with the contraband drugs around 8.30 pm.
A case was recorded with Charghat Police Station in this connection and the arrested person along with the seized goods was handed over to the police this morning.
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