Police have arrested a young man with two - kg of marijuana in a special operation by the Barisal Metropolitan Police (BMP) Detective Branch.
The operation was conducted on the Barisal-Kuakata highway in front of "Nafiz Engineering Workshop" adjacent to the Khairabad Bridge in the Karnakathi area of Ward No. 9 of Charkaua Union No. 7 of Bandar Police Station at 3:20 pm on Wednesday.
The operation was led by SI (Retd) Md. Zahid Hasan of the Intelligence Branch. He was accompanied by ASI (retd) Didarul Islam, ASI (retd) Md. Hasanuzzaman, Constables KM Rafiqul Islam, Md. Mehedi Hasan Khan, Md. Imam Hossain, Md. Zulfikar Hossain and Md. Jasim Uddin.
The young men arrested during the raid are:
Md. Sifat Hawlader (17 years 7 months 20 days), father- Mohammad Rafiq Hawlader, mother- Mosa Shahnaz Begum, Sang- South Muradia, Ward No. 4, Muradia Union Parishad, Thana- Dumki, District- Patuakhali.
Two kg of marijuana and a black school bag were recovered from him.
Police said legal action is in the process of being taken against the accused arrested in this incident.
