Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested two people along with venom of cobra snake worth about Tk 250 million, from the city's Dakhhinkhan area, on Wednesday afternoon.
"We arrested Abdus Samad, 55, of Mymensingh and ZM Jahangir, 55, of Patuakhali district, along with three crystal clear jars, one local shutter gun, four rounds of bullets, five golden colour chains made of imitation, and one motorcycle, from Dakhhin Khan City Market around 4:30 pm on Wednesday,” a RAB official said.
"Venom of cobra snake was found in one of the jars, off-white colour powder in another jar while white colour substance in the third jar," he said, adding that the estimated value of the cobra venom is Tk 250 million.
During the preliminary interrogation the arrestees confessed that they illegally imported the venom from abroad and kept those under their possessions, adds RAB official.
A case was filed under Special Powers Act against the arrestees to this end, reports BSS.