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The Rapid Action Battalion arrested two youths at Companiganj in Sylhet on Friday after recovering 249 bottles of Phensedyl smuggled from India.

The arrested are Alauddin, 35, a resident of Batumara Noagaon village, and Shahin Ahmed, 27, of Baram Siddipur village under Companiganj, said the RAB.


RAB-9 media officer Md Mashihur Rahman Sohel said that acting on a tip-off, a team of the RAB conducted a drive at Pashchim Elashpur village under the upazila at around 5:00am and recovered 249 bottles of Phensedyl in their possession.

‘Apart from arresting the two youths, 1 private car and 1 motorcycle were also seized from their possession,’ the RAB official said, adding that the arrested were handed over to the Companiganj police station.

‘A case was filed against them,’ mentioned Mashihur Rahman.