Police arrested Pallabi police station Assistant Sub-Inspector Md Shafiqul Islam, 43, and Wasim, 24, on allegations of drug dealing after recovering 5,310 yaba pills in raids in Uttara’s Azampur Kacha Bazar and Bismillah Palli areas. Southkhankhan police said the arrests were made on Sunday night, while the information was disclosed on Monday, August 24.

Acting on a tip-off about yaba sales, police searched Wasim as he tried to flee from Azampur Kacha Bazar and found 50 pills. Based on his information, officers raided a rented residence and arrested Shafiqul with 200 pills. A subsequent raid at a flat in Noor Building, house number 67, Bismillah Palli, recovered another 5,110 pills.

A case under the Narcotics Control Act was filed at Southkhankhan police station on Monday, naming the two detainees and two or three unidentified people. The court ordered the two men sent to jail. The case statement says they initially admitted bringing yaba from different parts of the country for sale in Southkhankhan and nearby areas. Pallabi police said Shafiqul had been serving there irregularly.