UNB, Kurigram: Army personnel seized tapentadol tablets, weed, cash, phones in Kurigram Sadar and Rajarhat upazila on Friday, in two separate special drives in association with the Department of Narcotics Control.
According to the local army camp, the 72 Infantry Brigade of Rangpur region launched an operation on secret information at around 4 am in the Kathalbari area of Kurigram Sadar and seized 127 pieces of tapentadol tablets, 100 grams of weed, BDT 61340 in cash and two android phones while a drug dealer named Robiul Islam (30) managed to flee away.
In another raid at around 2:30 am in the Madai Pathamn Para of Rajarhat upazila, the same team successfully arrested a drug dealer named Md. Mostafa (19) and seized 51 pieces of tapentadol tablets and one Infinix android phone.
Major Shahriar Adnan of Kurigram Army Camp said that they were still trying to arrest the fugitive and the anti-drug and anti-extortion operations will be continued.
