5 Drug Dealers Sentenced to One and a Half Years in Rajapur.

Rajapur Jhalakathi, Correspondent. In a mobile court drive in Rajapur upazila of Jhalakathi district, five persons were detained with 123 pieces of Yaba and about 400 grams of Ganja. The drive was conducted on Friday around 7:30 PM in the Gainbari area of Lebubunia Bazar in Sathuria Union of the upazila. Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Rifat Ara Moury led the drive. In the drive, these narcotics were recovered from an abandoned house of Raju Gain in the Gainbari area of Lebubunia Bazar. There is an allegation that a regular drug den was set up in that house. The five detained in the drive are Yasin (25), son of Nuru Howlader of Hazirhat village of the upazila, Rakib (23), son of Modachher Khan of Narikelbaria village, Emadul (40), son of Sultan of Naikathi village, Miraj Hossain (26), son of Anwar Hossain of Lebubunia village, and Hasibur Rahman (23), son of Habibur Rahman. Sources related to the drive said that based on secret information, a drive was conducted on Friday evening at the abandoned house of Raju Gain in the Gainbari area of Lebubunia Bazar. At that time, five persons staying there were detained. Later, 123 pieces of Yaba and about 400 grams of Ganja were recovered from them. According to mobile court sources, one of the detained persons has been sentenced to one and a half years imprisonment and fined 20,000 Taka. In default of payment of the fine, he will have to serve one more month in jail. UNO Rifat Ara Moury said that this drive was conducted as part of the anti-drug drive. She also said that the upazila administration's drive against narcotics will continue. The Yaba and Ganja recovered in the drive have been seized. The process of taking legal action against the other detained persons is underway, concerned sources said. Locals allege that drug dens have been set up for a long time in several abandoned structures and secluded places around Lebubunia Bazar. Locals hope that as a result of this drive by the administration, anti-drug activities in that area will be further intensified.