Narinjara News
Cox's Bazar, April 11
Two Bangladeshi Arakanese
women have been arrested for dealing in heroin
Two Bangladeshi Arakanese women
were arrested by police in Cox'sbazar, a southern
district town of
Acting on a tip-off, the
narcotic control team raided the women's houses in the area, recovered the
heroin, and arrested them, police sources said.
But one
woman escaped from custody when they were sent to the police
department.
The heroin weighed about 5
grams. However the narcotic department believes that the drug
traffickers behind the operation are in possession of a much larger among
of heroin.
According to police sources,
the two women have been involved in heroin-dealing for many years, working
with the leaders of trafficking rings of the Cox'sbazar
area.
Police are now searching
for clues relating to other criminals involved in the heroin trade, and are
seeking to discover the route which the drugs flow into
Bangladeshi authorities have
never stated the origin of the drug route, even though they have
often seized a number drug from the areas.
A local Arakanese
community source has stated that as Arakanese people
are becoming poorer every day at present in
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