Police have arrested seven persons in possession with 1,250 pieces of yaba near Mohosin Hall of Dhaka University early Monday.
The arrestees are Subroto Kumar Bhowmik, Sanjoy Biwswas Sujon, Md Bachchu, Shahidul Islam, Kabul Kha, Akbar and Kazi Shahidul Islam.
Officer-in-Charge of Shahbag police station Sirajul Islam said: “Acting on a tip-off, we arrested them near Mohosin Hall when they were returning from the hall after buying yaba around 1:45am.”
Police recovered 1,250 pieces of yaba and seized two CNG auto-rickshaws and one motorcycle from their possessions, he added.
The arrestees confessed to purchasing the yaba from Wasim, Mehedi, Maksud, Titu and Suman who are the resident students of the hall living in room number 311, 337 and 338, said the OC.
A case has been filed under Narcotics Control Act 2013 with the police station in this connection, said OC Sirajul Islam.
Among the rooms, 337 is known as the room of BCL Mohosin Hall unit president Maksud Rana Mithu while BCL Dhaka University unit Organising Secretary Maksud, also mentioned by the arrestees, lives in room no 338.