Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested an alleged drug peddling youth with 1,800 pieces of contraband Yaba tablets from his residence in the district on Thursday night.
The arrested person was identified as Ridoy Islam, 22, son of Sirajul Islam of Muktarpur Andharipara village under Charghat upazila, RAB sources in Rajshahi said on Friday morning.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of the elite force conducted a raid in his house and nabbed the man with the drugs around 8.30 pm.
A case was recorded with Charghat Police Station in this connection and the arrested person along with the seized goods was handed over to the police on Friday morning.
