The Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) recovered 100 bottles of Phensidyl from a schoolbag on a Sohag Express passenger bus travelling from Satkhira to Dhaka and arrested passenger Jahidul Islam. The operation took place at 7:20pm on Friday near the Mayor Hanif Flyover in the Jatrabari police station area of the capital. DNC personnel also seized Tk60,000 in cash and a mobile phone from him.

According to the DNC, a Kotwali Circle team led by Assistant Director Md Nazrul Islam of the Dhaka Metro South office searched the bus after receiving confidential information. Officers searched a schoolbag carried by Jahidul Islam, who was seated in seat D-9, and found the bottles. The haul included 74 bottles of ESKUF brand Phensidyl and 26 bottles of FAIRDYL brand Phensidyl, totalling 10 litres.

The DNC estimated the value of the recovered drugs and other evidence at about Tk300,000. It said the Phensidyl was believed to have been transported to Dhaka by bus. Investigators are examining where the shipment was collected and who was expected to receive it in Dhaka. Legal action under the Narcotics Control Act, 2018, is being processed, while efforts continue to identify others linked to the case.