4 drug peddlers held with phensidyl in Panchagarh

Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested four suspected drug peddlers, including a medical representative, along with phensidyl from a house in Roushonabagh area of the district town on Saturday night.

The arrestees were identified as Mokaddes Ali, 30, a representative of Aristopharma Company and resident of Adamdighi, Jahangir Alam, 30, Babul Hossain, 35 and Nazim, 30, residents of Ramerdanga and Kamatpara of Bogra district.

Police said on secret information, a team of DB police raided the house of the area and arrested them along with eight bottles of phensidyl at night.

Police also seized two motorcycles from the house.

Later, they were handed over to Sadar thana police.

A case was filed in this connection. -UNB, Panchagarh