Rohingya man among two detained with ice worth Tk 100m

Police have arrested two suspected drug peddlers, including a Rohingya, in Chattogram and seized narcotics worth Tk 10 crore from their possession, reports news agency UNB.

The arrestees have been identified as Foysal Ahmed alias Fazal, 29, and Zahid Alam, 20. Among them, Zahid lives in the Kutupalong Rohingya camp in Teknaf upazila.

Tipped off, a police team intercepted pick-up van carrying furniture on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Satkania upazila on Friday night, police officials said.

“Upon further inspection, police found two kilograms of crystal meth worth Tk 100 million”, said additional superintendent of Satkania police circle, Zakaria Rahman Ziku.

The drugs were being taken to Dhaka from Cox’s Bazar, he said.