Faridpur, Feb. 25 -- A mobile court conducted a drive and arrested two contraband polythene bag traders and seized huge quantities of banned polythene bags at Pan Bazar area in Sadar upazila on Sunday.

According to official sources, acting on a tip-off, members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-8 led by Nirbahi Magistrate Hasan Mohammad Hafizur Rahman carried out a raid in the area and arrested contraband polythene bag traders Abdur Rahman and Fazlul Hoque as they stored huge quantities of banned polythene bags, weighing in at about 1032 kg.

The Executive Magistrate Hasan Mohammad Hafizur Rahman also fined them Tk 50000 each.

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