Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), in two separate anti-crime drives, detained three alleged drug traffickers, including a female, with 1,178 bottles of Phensedyl in the district on Sunday night, RAB sources said on Monday noon.
The arrested were identified as Rubel Islam, 32, son of Shawkat Ali, Sohel Rana, 30, son of Arman Ali, and Sonabhan, 27, wife of Shahidul Islam. All of them are the residents of Bagha upazila in the district.
On a tip-off, a team of the elite force conducted a sudden drive in Alaipur Modyapara area under Bagha upazila and arrested Rubel and Sohel Rana around 9.30 pm with 850 bottles of phensedyl red-handed.
Besides, another team of the elite force detained Sonabhan with 328 bottles of phensedyl after searching her house at Pakuria village under the same upazila around 8.45 pm.
Later, the arrested persons along with the seized goods were handed over to Bagha Police Station with two separate cases in these connections.
