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17 May 2009, 18:00 PM

NATIONAL

Staff Correspondent, Sylhet

A Sylhet court yesterday awarded death penalty to a drug peddler and life term to another in a case for possessing 1,100 grams of heroin. Saiful Islam who was sentenced to death hails from village Folakhali of Pirojpur Sadar and Delwar Mallik, the other convict is from Khalmonda in Gournadi of Barisal. On December 22, 2008, a BDR team stopped a passenger coach of Hanif Paribahan at Humayun Rashid Square. They recovered a packet of 1,100 grams of heroin from the possession of Saiful and Delwar who came to Sylhet city from the capital. Both were found guilty following a case filed against them.