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JP man held with hemp

19 May 2009, 18:00 PM

NATIONAL

A Correspondent, Lalmonirhat

A Jatiya Party (JP) leader at Kulaghat village of Sadar upazila was held with five kilogram of hemp at Lalmonirhat railway station on Monday night. Nuruzzaman,42, son of late Taher Miah is the joint secretary of Kulaghat ward Jatiya Party, police said. Government railway police (GRP) recovered the hemp from his possession while waiting for a Bogra-bound train, police said.