Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and police in separate drives arrested two persons including a convicted accused from two different upazilas here on Saturday and Friday.
The arrestees were identified as Babu, 32, son of late Khalek of Kajalpur village of Shrirampur upazila, a convicted criminal who was sentenced to 17 years jail in an arms case and Md Shamim Islam Shawan, 29, son of Sadek Dewan of Hatvogdia village in Lohajang upazila.
Acting on secret information, police conducted a drive at the house of Babu on Friday night and arrested him.
He went hiding soon after the verdict passed on October 13, 2013, said Alamgir Hossain, officer-in-charge of Shrirampur Police Station.
In another drive, an elite force team led by Company Commander ASP Md Motitul Islam arrested Shawan along 150 pieces of contraband Yaba pills from his house at Hatvogdia village in Lohajang upazila on Saturday.
A case was filed against Shawan with Lohajang Police Station in this connection.
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