Dhaka, Jan. 27 -- The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested a fugitive sentenced to life in a drug case.

The RAB said it arrested Abdul Ahad, aka Limon, 34, in Gazipur's Kashimpur area in the small hours of Friday.

Limon was apprehended earlier in 2014 with a massive cache of drugs and charged in a case under the Narcotics Control Act with Lalmonirhat police, the RAB-2 said.

After spending two years behind bars, he got out on bail, disguised himself and went off the law enforcement radar to continue his drug trade.

The investigation officer submitted a chargesheet against Limon and a court sentenced him to life imprisonment issuing an arrest warrant.

Initial interrogations revealed that he had disguised himself as a mason and then as a...