6 held with snake venom worth Tk 75 crore in city

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained six smugglers, including two women, along with snake venom worth Tk 75 crore from Dakshinkhan area of the capital on Thursday afternoon.

The arrestees are identified as Md Masud Rana, 24, Md Shofir Uddin Shanu, 50, Md Tamjidul Islam alias Monir, 34, Md Alamgir Hossain, 26, Firoja Begum, 57 and Asma Begum, 42.

The six, supposedly members of an international snake venom smuggling racket, were arrested while they were gathering at Gulbar Munsi Sarani area around 3:30 pm, said Abdullah Al Mamun, assistant director (Media) of RAB-2.

During primary interrogation, the arrestees admitted that they used to collect the venom from different areas to supply to a specific ring, the officials said, adding filing of a case is underway in this regard.