A mobile court on Thursday night sentenced a man to one year imprisonment for taking drug in Sadar upazila of the district.
The convict was identified as Tarekuzzaman of Purakata.
Sources at Sadar Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) office said police arrested Tarekuzzaman from Purakata ferry ghat at about 9:30 pm while he was smoking hemp.
Two pieces of yaba tablets were also recovered from his possession.
Later, Tarekuzzaman was produced before the court of executive magistrate Golam Mohammad Bhuyan who handed down the verdict. –UNB, Barguna
