Five held with Tk 680m cobra venom
Sunday, 28 September 2014
JOYPURHAT, Sept 27: Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested five members of a snake venom smugglers' syndicate with 12 pounds of cobra venom worth Tk 680 million (68 crore) from several parts of the district early on Saturday. The arrestees are Mohamamd Enamul Haque, 38, son of late Abdul Wahab of Sardarpara village, Tozammel Hossain, 31, son of late Idris Ali of Suryaban village of Khetlal upazila, Mottafin Billah Sohagh, 18, son of Belal Hossain of Shotahar village in Sadar upazila, Motaleb Hossain, 34, son of Moyen Uddin of Beltoli village in Malanda upazila in Jamalpur district and AKM Mansur, 59, son of late Gulzar Hossain of Rahutnagdapara village in Faridpur upazila of Pabna district. — UNB