3 ‘drug peddlers’ killed in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’
Bangladesh
16 June, 2019, 10:46 am
Last modified: 16 June, 2019, 10:50 am
Three drug peddlers were killed in an alleged gunfight with RAB
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Three men, described as drug peddlers by the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab), were killed in an alleged gunfight in Teknaf upazila early Sunday.
Rab-15 Teknaf camp commander Lieutenant Md Mirza Shahed Mahtab confirmed UNB about the development.
The men were identified as Dil Mohammad, 42, son of Sultan, and Rashedul Islam, 24, son of Mohammad Yunus, and Shahidul Islam, 40, son of Abul Kashem.
Dil and Rashedul were residents of Cox's Bazar while Shahidul hailed from Chattogram.
Lt Mahtab said Rab also recovered 40,000 pieces of contraband yaba pills, four light guns, and 21 bullets from Whitekong after the gunfight.
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