Two brothers of former Awami League lawmaker Abdur Rahman Bodi are involved in the Yaba drug trade in Cox鈥檚 Bazar, the Criminal Investigation Department of police said on Wednesday.
Bodi鈥檚 brothers Abdus Shukkur and Aminur Rahman have acquired huge amounts of wealth, including land, houses, and cars, by trafficking narcotics, said unit chief and Additional Inspector General of Police Mohammad Ali Mia at a media briefing in Dhaka.
The CID identified a total of 10 people as 鈥榞odfathers鈥� in the drug trade.
He said that there were drug cases filed all across Bangladesh, and action would be taken against those found involved, no matter who they were.
鈥榃e found the involvement of his [Bodi] brothers and their followers. We will interrogate these two brothers, and if his [Bodi] name comes up, we will also arrest him. No one will be spared,鈥� said the CID chief.
Speaking about Shukkur and Aminur鈥檚 involvement in the Yaba drug trade, the additional IGP said that both trafficked Yaba into Bangladesh from Myanmar in different ways.
Their associates distribute drugs across the country, and they have accumulated huge wealth through this illegal trade.
He said that they had already identified 6.9 acres of land, including 40 decimals of land worth Tk 1 crore, belonging to the Bodi brothers.
Initially, the CID investigated 35 drug cases and found various movable and immovable properties, including bank deposits, land, houses, and flats, with money earned illegally from the drug trade of the godfathers. The amount of illegally earned money in these cases amounts to Tk 178.44 crore.