District police in a drive recovered 810 bottles of Phensedyl from Yusufpur village under Charghat Upazila in the district on Friday night, police said.
Acting on secret information, a police team conducted a drive in the village and seized three gunny bags containing 810 bottles of phensedyl.
However, none was arrested in this connection as the drug-traffickers managed to escape leaving behind the drugs.
Meanwhile, members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in an anti-crime drive arrested an alleged drug peddler with 200 grams of heroin in the city early on Saturday morning.
The arrested person was Jamshed Ali, 56, son of Azizul Haque of Char Asariadaha village under Godagari Upazila in the district.
A team of the elite force conducted a sudden drive at Rajshahi Railway station area and caught Jamshed with the drugs red-handed.
Two separate cases were filed with the respective police stations and the arrested person along with the seized contraband items were handed over to the police.
