Delivering drugs with rented ridesharing car

The trio was coming to the capital by a rented car with a 'large' Phensedyl consignment. Sensing the check post of the law enforcers, the driver cum peddler Alam Mia also overtook it swiftly at Savar - ramming CNG auto-rickshaws and non-motorized rickshaws. However, they couldn't make it to the end as they got engaged in a shooting with RAB personnel at Agargaon in Dhaka.          

According to the elite force, Alam is a drug peddler who had been delivering yaba and Phensedyl in Dhaka. RAB-2 Commanding Officer (CO) Lt Col Ahik Billah said they were acting on a tip-off and set up three check posts. "The car crossed one of those at Hemayetpur around 9:00am yesterday hurting a RAB man," he said narrating: "One Md Rahman got off the vehicle after reaching Gabtoli.

The car rushed to Agargaon via Mirpur Majar road and fell in minor accidents. RAB, at last stopped it at Sher-e Bangla Nagar area." "Two peddlers soon after getting off the car started firing at RAB forcing them to retaliate. In line of shooting, Alam got hurt while his associate managed to escape the scene," added Lt Col Ashik.

The car was seized and more than 100 bottles of contraband Phensedyl syrup was found inside it. According to RAB, the vehicle was rented from an Uber driver in Dhaka's Mirpur. Three separate cases were filed with Sher-e Bangla Police Station at the end.