Three Arrested with 42 Bottles of Foreign Liquor in Companiganj.

.Naeem Ahmed, Jaintapur-Gowainghat Sylhet. Three people have been arrested with 42 bottles of foreign liquor in an operation conducted by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-9) in Companiganj, Sylhet. The operation was carried out by setting up a checkpoint on the main road in front of M/s Dhalai Filling Station in the IslamPur area under Companiganj Police Station. According to RAB-9 sources, acting on a tip-off, an operation team learned that several individuals were travelling by an auto-rickshaw from the border area of Sada Pathor towards Companiganj Bazar. Later, a checkpoint was set up in the Islampur area, and the auto-rickshaw was signalled to stop. Sensing the presence of RAB personnel, three individuals attempted to flee but were subsequently detained. During interrogation, they admitted that they were carrying foreign liquor. RAB personnel then searched three school bags and two travel bags in their possession and recovered 42 bottles of foreign liquor. The arrested individuals have been identified as Farhan Ahmed, 21, of Kewa Purba Khanda area under Sreepur Police Station in Gazipur; Imran Sheikh, 24, of Uttar Dighaldi area in Bhola; and Khadija Hossain, 18, of Chandrapratap area under Sreepur Police Station in Magura. RAB said that during preliminary interrogation, the detainees admitted that they had jointly collected foreign liquor from the border area of Sylhet and kept it in their possession for the purpose of selling it. A case is being processed against the arrested individuals under the relevant sections of the Narcotics Control Act, 2018. After completion of the legal procedures, the detainees and the seized items were handed over to Companiganj Police Station. RAB-9 said its intelligence activities and operations against drugs will continue as part of its zero-tolerance policy against narcotics.