Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested a Union Parishad member reportedly with 2,256 Yaba tablets from Barogharia in Sadar upazila on Thursday night.
The arrestee was identified as Ranju Khan, 35, a member of Barogharia Union Parishad and son of Nur Alam Khan in the upazila.
Tipped off, a team of Rab-5 conducted a drive in the area and arrested Ranju along with 2256 pieces of Yaba pills around 9 pm, said a Rab press release issued on Thursday night.
A case was filed with Sadar Police Station.
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