Officials from the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) detained a youth along with 90 kilograms of cannabis hidden inside a specially constructed secret chamber of a pickup van during a raid in Barishal city early Saturday.<\/p>\n
The detainee was identified as Rahul Hawlader, 22, a resident of the Kalapatti area of Barishal city.<\/p>\n
Two of his accomplices \u2014 Siraj Mia, 37, of Cumilla, and Palash Hawlader, 42, of the Rasulpur area in Barishal \u2014 fled the scene.<\/p>\n
Acting on a tip-off, a DNC team intercepted a blue-and-yellow Tata pickup van near the Rasulpur Ice Factory.<\/p>\n
Upon searching a secret chamber built under the driver’s seat, beneath the finishing tank, officers recovered 30 polythene bundles, each containing 3 kg of cannabis, totaling 90 kg, DNC Divisional Deputy Director Mohammad Khorshid Alam said.<\/p>\n
The DNC seized the pickup van along with a copy of the driver’s licence application.<\/p>\n
Primary interrogation and preliminary investigations revealed that the suspects belong to an active inter-district drug-smuggling syndicate.<\/p>\n
The gang allegedly smuggled large consignments of cannabis from border areas in Cumilla to supply various districts across the Barishal division.<\/p>\n
Drives are underway to arrest the fleeing suspects, while the process of filing a case under the Narcotics Control Act at the local police station is underway.<\/p>\n
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