Plainclothes police in a drive arrested an alleged drug peddler along with 50 pieces of Yaba tablet from Koralia Road area in the district town on Sunday.
The arrestee was identified as Badal Dorji, 35, son of late Jalal Uddin of Bishnudi area of the town.
Mamun, sub-inspector of DB, said a team of the Detective Branch of police on secret information conducted a drive in the area and arrested Badal along with the drugs around 10:00am.
Later, Badal was sent to jail after a case was filed with Chandpur Model Police Station under the Narcotics Control Act. -UNB, Chandpur
Sirajganj petrol station fire burns 5 buses, oil lorry
Five buses and an oil lorry burnt out in a fire incident that took place at a filling station on the Bogra-Nagarbari Highway in Ullapara upazila early Monday.
Tajul Huda, officer-in-charge of Ullahpara Police Station, said the fire originated from an electric short circuit at the petrol station named Eastern Builders Bangladesh in the area and soon engulfed the buses and an oil lorry parked there for the ongoing blockade around 2:30am.
On information, firefighting units from Ullapara, Shahjadpur and Sirajganj Sadar fire stations rushed in and doused the flame after almost three hours’ frantic efforts.
However, no casualties were reported in the incident. -UNB, Sirajganj
