Police in Saidpur have seized 180 tapentadol tablets and arrested a young man in a drug-related operation. In a separate raid the same night, three people were arrested with gambling materials. The arrests were made during separate operations in Saidpur upazila, police said.
According to police, acting on a tip-off, officers conducted an anti-drug raid at the home of Naimur Rahman, 23, in the Kashiram Belpukur Union area of Saidpur. They recovered 180 tapentadol tablets and arrested him.
In a separate operation that night, police raided the Mistripara area of Saidpur town and arrested three people allegedly involved in gambling. The detainees were identified as Mohammad Omar Ali, 52; Mohammad Shahin Ashrafi, 50; and Mohammad Mizanur Rahman, 46. Gambling materials were seized during the operation.
On Wednesday, October 14, police filed a case against the young man under the Narcotics Control Act and cases against the three others under the gambling law. All four were subsequently sent to jail through court proceedings in the afternoon.
Saidpur Police Station Officer-in-Charge Rezaul Islam Reza confirmed the incidents, saying operations would continue to make Saidpur free of drugs, theft, mugging and other crimes, as well as gambling.
