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Two Rohingyas among 4 held with liquor
RAB arrested four people, including two Rohingyas, along with foreign liquor from Teknaf upazila in Cox's Bazar district early on Tuesday.
Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested four people, including two Rohingyas, along with foreign liquor from Teknaf upazila in Cox's Bazar district early on Tuesday.
The arrested are Nazir Ahmed, 52, and his son Arafat Hossain, 19; and two Rohingyas Hossain, 21, and Syed Hossain, 34.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of the elite force conducted a drive in Hoyaikyang area at about 2:00 am and arrested the four, said RAB-15 senior assistant director Md Abu Salam Chowdhury.
He said a total of 384 bottles of foreign liquor were seized from their possessions.
A case was filed against the arrested people under the Narcotics Control Act with Teknaf Model Police Station, the RAB official added.