RANGPUR,  – Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-13 arrested a presumed drug trader and seized 265 grams of heroin from village Hasina Nagar under Parbatipur upazila in Dinajpur district today.

“On a tip off, an operational team of RAB-13 conducted a raid at the area on the Parbatipur-Rangpur road and arrested the man,” said a press release issued here by Assistant Director (Media) of RAB-13 Flight Lieutenant Mahmud Bashir Ahmed..

The elite force also seized a mobile phone set and cash money from the possession of the detainee.

The arrested person is Md Khalilur Rahman alias Sohag, 30, of Rajshahi district.

During primary interrogation, the arrested person admitted his involvement in drug trading for a long time.

“After filing a case in this connection against the arrested people, the elite force handed over them to Parbatipur police station in Dinajpur,” the release said, adding that investigation continues to nab absconding cohorts of the detainee.