JAMALPUR, April 26, 2026(BSS) - Police in a drive arrested five drug peddlers along with 2.5 kilogram hemp in Jamalpur Municipality area yesterday afternoon.

The arrested are Md Al Amin, 30, at Ganganagor village in Kumilla district, Md Mantu,30 and Aktar Hossain, 38, at Kulur Char village in Sherpur district, Md Saiful Islam Fakir, 43 and Gopal Chandra Karmakar,40, at Dariabad village in Islampur Upazila under Jamalpur district.

Police said, acting on a tip-off, a team of Jamalpur Sadar Police raided the Daripara area near Jamalpur central bus terminal and arrested them. Police recovered 2.5 kilograms of hemp from their possession.

A case was registered with Jamalpur Sadar Police Station in this regard.