Tangail Correspondent:

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested three people with 49 kilograms of hemp from Kalihati upazila of the district on Tuesday morning.

The arrested were Aminul, 35, Babu, 36, and Mojahid, 25.

On a tip-off, a team of the RAB-14 took position in Elenga and intercepted a cotton-laden mini truck around 3.30 am and recovered the hemp worth about Taka 14.70 lakh after searching the truck and arrested the trio, said Kawsar Badhon, commander of the RAB-14 Tangail Camp, at a press conference this afternoon.

Among them, Aminul is a truck driver, Babu is a helper of the truck and Mojahid is a drug dealer.

They were coming from Habiganj with the contraband ganja in a cotton-ladenmini truck towards Jamuna Bridge via Gazipur.

The arrested persons have been handed over to Kalihati Police Station, he added.