Police arrested three persons including two women with 1.1 kilograms of heroin worth Tk 1.10 crore from a place in the district last night, police said Thursday.
The arrestees were identified as Jamila Khatun, 30, Selenur Begum, 35, and Babu Ali, 20.
On a tip-off, a police arrested them from a Rajshahi-bound battery-driven auto-rickshaw at Gopalpur area on Rajshahi-Chapainawabgonj highway under Godagari upazila around 10.30 pm.
Subsequently, the police team seized three bags from their possessions and after search found the contraband narcotics , said Iftekhar Alam, Additional Superintendent of Police.
A case was recorded with Godagari Police Station in this connection.
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