The Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) has recovered a huge cache of foreign liquor, gambling equipment, and other contraband items during a raid at a house owned by businessman Aziz Mohammad Bhai.
A DNC team raided the Gulshan 2 house in Dhaka on Sunday afternoon.
Casino equipment's seized by members of Department of Narcotics Control from the residence of businessman Aziz Mohammad Bhai on Sunday, October 27, 2019 | Rajib Dhar/Dhaka TribuneNeither Aziz Mohammad Bhai nor his family members were present at the home during the raid.
Alongside the bottles of liquor, several hookahs, glass bongs, a betting table, roulette set, and casino chips were also recovered from the house.
Two people -- Meer Md Parvez, a domestic help, and Nabin Mandal, a caretaker, of the house -- have also been detained on charges of running an illegal narcotics business.
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Md Fazlur Rahman, additional director DNC Divisional Office (Dhaka), said:"Nobody lives in the house except the duo. We got a tip-off that they were doing business here."
Aziz Mohammad Bhai | CollectedApart from the drive, the Department of Narcotics Control recovered cannabis upon raiding the rooftop of another building adjacent to Aziz’s house.
Aziz, a director of Olympic Industries Limited and a film producer, is one of the accused in the sensational murder case of film actor Salman Shah.
