Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members detained Mohammedan Sporting Club Ltd director (in-charge) Md Lokman Hossain Bhuiyan from his Tajgaon residence in Dhaka on Wednesday night.
A team of the elite force raided the house of Lokman, also the director of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), in Monipuri Para at night and arrested him with drugs and some bottles of illegal liquor.
RAB-2 commander Lt Col Ashique Billah confirmed the news.
RAB legal and media wing assistant director senior ASP Mizanur Rahman Bhuiyan said "We are interrogating Lokman."
bdnews24.com adds: RAID ON FU-WANG AGAIN
After a drive on Fu-Wang Club at Tejgaon on Monday, police said they found no gambling equipment there but it was running a bar with licence.
The RAB launched a raid on the club again on Wednesday midnight.
“A huge amount of illegal liquor and beer have been found,” RAB-1 official ASP Sujoy Sarker told bdnews24.com as the raid was under way at 1:15am on Thursday.
“We are questioning those who have been found here,” he added.