Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-7), Chattogram, arrested three drug traffickers along with 130 bottles of foreign liquor during a special operation in the Baraiyarhat Bazar area under Jorarganj Police Station in Mirsarai Upazila, Chattogram. A pickup van used to transport the contraband was also seized during the drive.The operation was conducted on Thursday (October 8, 2026) around 6:30 PM by setting up a temporary checkpoint in front of Khan City Center on the north side of Baraiyarhat Bazar on the Chattogram-bound lane of the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway.The arrested individuals have been identified as Md. Nur Alam (33), son of Md. Nurul Haq from Nakapa, Ramgarh, Khagrachhari; Md. Sheikh Farid (36), son of Md. Abdul Latif from Nakapa, Ramgarh, Khagrachhari; and Md. Shafiul Alam Bhuiyan (34), son of Md. Shahid Ullah Bhuiyan from Matua, Feni Sadar, Feni.Based on secret intelligence, RAB-7 learned that a consignment of foreign liquor was collected from the Dharmapur area under Feni Sadar Police Station in Feni district and was being transported towards Agrabad, Chattogram, in a pickup van. Acting on this tip, officers set up a security checkpoint and began searching vehicles. When the pickup van reached the checkpoint, RAB personnel signaled it to stop. As the three individuals got out of the vehicle and attempted to flee, officers apprehended them, including the driver. Upon searching the vehicle, 130 bottles of foreign liquor were recovered from inside six plastic sacks kept in the back of the pickup.During preliminary interrogation, the arrestees admitted that they had been procuring foreign liquor at low prices from border areas for a long time to sell at higher prices in various parts of Chattogram. Legal proceedings against the arrested individuals are currently underway.