Police have arrested a man named Md. Jasim Uddin Prakash
‘Twenty Jasim’ (40) with 147 Yaba tablets in Karnaphuli, Chattogram. Police
claim that Jasim voluntarily admitted during interrogation that he got involved
in the drug trade to cover the expenses of the case against him.
He was arrested on Sunday (August 23) at around 11:30 am
from the paved road in front of Su-Gate-1, on the left side of the south gate
of the Korean EPZ in Bairag Union of Karnaphuli Upazila.
A police team led by SI Noor-e-Alam Siddique, in-charge of
the port police outpost of Karnaphuli Police Station, conducted a raid in the
area based on a secret tip-off while conducting a special operation. Police
said that Jasim tried to run away after sensing their presence. Later, police
members arrested him.
The statement said that after being arrested, Jasim
confessed during interrogation that he had Yaba in his custody. Later, a legal
search was conducted in front of witnesses present at the scene and 147 Yaba
pills kept in a blue airtight polypack were recovered from the bundle of lungis
he was wearing.
The weight of the recovered Yaba pills was 14 grams. The
approximate value of these Yaba pills is mentioned in the statement as 44,100
taka.
Police claim that at one stage of interrogation, Jasim
voluntarily admitted that he had been dealing drugs to finance the various
cases against him. He further said that he used to buy Yaba pills from the
absconding Md. Abshar at a low price and sell them in different areas of Chattogram
district.
Citing the statement and the police’s CDMS verification,
it was learned that there are a total of 12 cases against Jasim in Karnaphuli,
Patiya and Anwara police stations on various charges including robbery,
weapons, theft, explosives, kidnapping and drugs.
Among the cases filed at Karnaphuli Police Station from
2013 to 2025, there are cases of preparation for robbery, Arms Act, theft,
riot, obstruction of government work, Explosive Substances Act, kidnapping and
Narcotics Control Act.
In addition, the complaint mentions that there are cases
of robbery against him at Patiya and Anwara Police Stations. According to the
police, Jasim and his associates committed an offense under Section 10(a)/41 of
Table 36(1) of the Narcotics Control Act, 2018 by illegally possessing
amphetamine-containing Yaba tablets for the purpose of selling them.
A case has been filed at Karnaphuli Police Station under
the Narcotics Control Act in this incident. The process of sending the arrested
Jasim to court is underway, said CMP Karnaphuli Police Station OC Md.
Ikhtiaruddin.
