1kg cocaine seized in Ashulia: 2 arrested

Police have seized over one kilogram (kg) of Cocaine in Savar upazila of at Dhaka district. When contacted, Dhaka’s Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Nazmul Hassan Kiron said that the Cocaine were found with two persons on Sunday on the Dhaka-Tangail highway in Ashulia. Sirazul Islam, 40, and Shafiqul Islam, 28, were arrested for possession of cocaine. “A kg of Cocaine was found after searching a bag in their possession,” said ASP Kiron. Narcotics department officials said, the street value of the seized cocaine would be approximately Tk10 million, according to a news agency.