5 human traffickers detained in Teknaf

Police on Friday detained five human traffickers from Cox's Bazar's Teknaf upazila.

At this time, 17-year-old Shahed was rescued from the traffickers who held him hostage.

The arrestees are- Belal, 20, Abdur Rahman, 55, Abdur Rashid, 27, Jahangir Alam, 26,and Jahangir, 19.

They were held following raids on various parts of the upazila early on Friday, said Abdul Halim, officer-in-charge (OC) of Teknaf Model police station.