Using ‘movement pass’ to peddle heroin!

Rab yesterday arrested a man for carrying heroin in a private car, while possessing a "movement pass" issued for delivering masks and hand sanitiser.

The arrestee was identified as Sawmik Ahmed Siddique.

Acting on a tip-off, a team of the elite force set up a checkpoint in Dhaka's Mohammadpur area and arrested him around 3:30am, Lt Col Imran Ullah Sarker, commanding officer of Rab-2, told The Daily Star.

The Rab members recovered 320gm of heroin from his possession and seized the car.

During primary interrogation, the arrestee told Rab that there is a huge demand for masks and sanitiser during the pandemic.

Using this opportunity, he took a "movement pass" with the excuse of delivering those items.

He had been buying drugs from different areas and supplying those around Dhaka, the Rab official said.

A case was filed with Mohammadpur Police Station in this regard.