Four persons including two drug dealers were arrested with a huge amount of phensidyl in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur this morning, Rapid Action battalion (Rab) said.

The phensidyl bottles were seized from an AC bus at Mohammadpur bus terminal during a drive conducted by Rab-2 members, said Muhammed Mohiuddin Faruqe, company commander of the Rab-2.

Rapid Action Battalion claims arrest of four persons including two drug dealers with a huge amount of phensidyl in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur on Thursday, July 11, 2019. Photo: Collected

Acting on a tip-off, the elite force searched the AC bus, found phensidyl bottles inside a box set up at the vehicle and arrested four persons, Rab-2 CO Faruqe said.

The arrestees are: Mohan, 25, Bablu, 28, Asadul, 30, hailed from Jashore district, and Rubel, 27 of Jhenidah district.