4 drug addicts jailed in Gaibandha

A mobile court on Saturday convicted four drug addicts and sentenced them to 15 days of imprisonment each on charge of taking hemp (ganja).The convicts are Matiar Rahman, son of Meheraz Ali, Moksed Ali, son of Tasar Ali, Rafiqul Islam, son of Nasu Sheikh, and Ful Miah, son of Gias Uddin of Talkuk Sarbananda village of Sundarganj upazila in the district.Acting on a tip off, a team of police of Bamondanga outpost conducted raid at Talkuk Sarbananda village in the afternoon and arrested them while they were taking ganja.Later, the arrested were produced before the court of executive
magistrate and acting UNO AKM Rashedul Haque Prodhan who handed down the verdict after examining the witnesses.Officer in charge of Sundarganj thana M. Mojammel Haque said the convicts were sent to jail on the same day. -BSS, Gaibandha