RAB arrest five in Bangladesh over biggest drug haul in Sri Lanka

FE Team | Published: January 30, 2019 00:21:37

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested five members of an international drug smuggling gang from the city's Kaula area on Monday. The photograph was snapped from the RAB media centre on Tuesday — Focus Bangla

Five people have been arrested in Bangladesh over their suspected involvement in the biggest drug haul in Sri Lanka's history, reports bdnews24.com.
The suspects were detained in separate raids on Monday, said Rapid Action Battalion spokesperson Mohammad Mufti Mahmud Khan.
The arrestees are Fatima Imam Tania, 26, Afsana Mimi, 23, Salma Sultana, 26, Sheikh Mohammad Badhon aka Parvez, 28 and Ruhul Amin aka Simon, 29.
The elite police unit has recovered 1,970 Yaba pills, foreign currency notes and passports from the five suspects. They have "confessed to being involved in an international drug racket" during preliminary questioning.
On December 31, Sri Lankan Police seized 272 kilograms of heroin and five kilograms of cocaine during a special operation at a housing complex on Templers Road at Colombo's Mount Lavinia. The haul is worth Tk 1.52 billion.
Two Bangladeshis caught in the operation were Mohammed Jamaluddin of Bogura and Rafiul Islam of Joypurhat. The two had arrived in Sri Lanka on December 23, according to Sri Lankan police.