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Two police constables have been arrested with 19 yaba tablets and equipment used for consuming the drug in Rangpur city, officials said on Friday.
The Department of Narcotics Control arrested Omar Ali and Mithul Islam during a raid on a hotel room in the city on Thursday night.
According to police, the raid was conducted on the seventh floor of Sky View Hotel near Payra Chattar.
The officers recovered 19 yaba tablets hidden in a Derby cigarette packet under a 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 police.
Omar Ali is a resident of Konabari village in Belkuchi upazila of Sirajganj, while Mithul Islam hails from Mohonpur village in Biral upazila of Dinajpur.
Ali had previously been arrested in a drug-related case while in service and is currently suspended.
Islam is serving as a constable at Rangpur Police Lines.
Inspector Tahamudar Rahman of the Department of Narcotics Control filed a case against the two under the Narcotics Control Act.
A Rangpur metropolitan court on Friday afternoon ordered that the accused be sent to jail.
