Members of the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) arrested two alleged drug peddlers with 38 kg of hemp from Sadar upazila here last night.
The arrestees were Md Zakar Ali Zakkar, 37, and Farhad Ali, 27, residents of Rasulpur village in Shibganj upazila of the district.
On a tip-off, a team of the department Chapainawabganj office conducted a raid in the Dariapur Hatapara area of the upazila around 8pm and recovered the hemp after searching a truck and arrested truck driver Zakkar and helper Farhad, said Deputy Director of DNC Chapainawabganj, Md. Anisur Rahman.
