Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), in ananti-crime operation, arrested two alleged drug peddlers with 2,050 liters of liquor in the district last night.
The arrested were identified as Dilip Mardi, 22, son of late Bhutti Mardi and Paresh Kisku, 55, son of late Mangal Kisku. Both are the residents of Malshira village and Tanore upazila in the district, RAB sources said here this noon.
On a tip-off, a team of the RAB conducted a raid in their residences around 4.45 am and arrested them with the huge liquor, RAB sources said.
Quoting their confessional statements, the RAB sources said that the arrested persons were engaged in preparing and selling liquor in their respective houses for a long time.
The arrestees with the seized contraband goods were handed over to the police. A case was filed with Tanore Police Station in this connection.
