CHATTOGRAM, July 10, 2024 (BSS)-A Chattogram court today sentenced life term imprisonment to two drug traders for trading drugs in 2022.

The Court of Chattogram First Metropolitan Additional Sessions Judge Kamal Hossain Sikder awarded the punishment to Azam Uddin Chowdhury, 26 and Sayed Nur alias Rubel Hossain,30, hailed from Karnapuli upazila of the district.  

The court also fined Taka 20,000 for the crime, in default, they will have to suffer more six months imprisonment.

According to the prosecution story in brief is that a team of elite force RAB detained Azam and Sayed Nur with 2,04,900 pieces Yaba tablets from their residence at Shah Mirpur village under Karnapuli upazila of the district on September 17 in 2022.

The then RAB, Deputy Assistant Director Abdul Motin Chowdhury filed a case with Karnapuli Thana against the alleged drug traders on September 18 in 2022.  

Police submitted the charge sheet before the court on March 4, in 2023 against them while the court framed charges against the two drug traders on July 12, 2023.

The court announced the verdict in presence of the convicted persons after examining a total of six prosecution witnesses out of 13.