The law enforcers conducted two separate drives recovered one thousand four hundred ninety eight bottles of contraband phensidyl syrup and on spot arrested four while managing to escape six others.
On August 22 the members of Rapid Action Battalion RAB-11 conducted raids at Deobhog and Sheharchar area under Fatulla model police station recovered 975 bottles phensidyl and captured four accused while escaping four others accused. The arrested were identified as Manik,41,Altaf Hossain,45,Tota Mia, 38, and Tushar Ahmed ,28.
AKM Munirul Alam, company commander of the crime prevention special company (CPSC-1) of RAB-11 asserted the information to the media and added that the case was filed with Fatulla police station against arrested and fugitive 8 accused under the section of narcotics control act. The Highway police of Kanhpur set up a check post on Dhaka-Chattagram road on August 23 recovered 523 bottles of phensidyl syrup, seized a truck while escaping its driver and another one. Officer in Charge of Highway police in Narayanganj Nobir Hossain said that a case was filed with Sonargaoan police station accusing 2 drug peddlers in this connection.