Police in Gobindaganj, Gaibandha, arrested two suspected drug dealers in separate operations, seizing a large quantity of cannabis and yaba tablets. On Saturday morning, acting on a tip-off, officers stopped a passenger bus named ‘Sifat Special’ near the Dutch-Bangla Bank at Charmatha intersection on the Dhaka-Rangpur highway. They detained passenger Robiul Islam Palash, 34, from Pabna Sadar, and recovered 2.5 kilograms of cannabis wrapped in white polythene hidden on his body.

In another operation on Friday evening, a team from the Department of Narcotics Control raided a grocery shop on Upazila Road in Gobindaganj town and arrested shopkeeper Bichitra Barman, 42, with 102 yaba tablets. He is from Kochmordan Baroipara village in Gumaniganj Union. Gobindaganj Police Station Officer-in-Charge Mozammel Haque confirmed both arrests and stated that two separate cases have been filed.

The arrested individuals were sent to Gaibandha District Jail through the court following the legal procedures, according to police authorities.