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RANGPUR: The Department of Narcotics Control has arrested two police officers with yaba tablets from a residential hotel in Rangpur city.
They were produced before a metropolitan court on Friday (October 16), which rejected their bail pleas and ordered them sent to jail.
The arrestees were identified as Omar Ali, a resident of Konabari village in Belkuchi upazila of Sirajganj district, and Mithul Islam, a resident of Mohanpur village in Biral upazila of Dinajpur district.
Milon Kumar Chatterjee, inspector (investigation) of Rangpur Metropolitan Police’s Kotwali Police Station, confirmed the matter.
Earlier, on Thursday (October 15) night, the Rangpur office of the Department of Narcotics Control arrested the two officers from a room at Sky View Hotel in the Payra Chattar area of the city.
During a search, officials recovered 19 yaba tablets kept in a Derby cigarette packet under the bed, along with a pipe used for consuming yaba, four gas lighters and two pieces of foil paper. The two men were subsequently handed over to the police.
A case has been filed against them by Tahamudar Rahman, an inspector at the Rangpur office of the Department of Narcotics Control.
Milon Kumar Chatterjee said the court had ordered both accused to be sent to jail. He added that Omar Ali had previously been arrested with drugs while in service and was currently suspended. Mithul Islam, meanwhile, is serving as a constable at Rangpur Police Lines.
