Three arrested with 1,000 yaba pills

Detectives have arrested three persons along with 1,000 yaba tablets from Namoshankarbati Dakkhinchara village in Chapainawabganj municipality.

The arrestees are Iqbal Hossain Mistri, 40, son of late Babul of Rajshahi, Rana Hamid, 42, son of Abdul Hamid of Kajla, and Mokhleslur Rahman, son of Muntaj Ali, of Rajshahi.

A team of Detective Branch of police conducted a drive around 6:30pm on Monday and arrested them along with the contraband drugs, said inspector Mahbubur Rahman of district DB.