Heroin recovery: BDR says 4.6 kg, local people claim 12 kg
Staff Correspondent, Rajshahi
A controversy has arisen on the quantity of heroin recovered by Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) during a raid at Manikchalk village in Godagari upazila on Friday.BRD sources said they recovered 4.6 kgs of heroin from thatched house of one Gudha Mia, used for keeping his shallow tube well machine for irrigation. A nine-member team BDR from Poladanga outpost conducted the raid following a tip-off. But local people claimed that BDR recovered 12 kgs of heroin and nabbed two persons. The local people also claimed that BDR nabbed two persons but BDR denied having arrested any body. When contacted, BDR Com-manding Officer Shahidul Islam said 4.6 kgs of heroin were recovered in the drive. A BSS report from Rajshahi says: The local narcotics control department after preliminary tests found the heroin to be genuine. Its price is about Tk 4.6 crore, sources said.
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