Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-1) seized 2.5 pounds of cocaine worth around Tk 2.5 crore and arrested five people at Tongi in Gazipur yesterday.

The arrestees were identified as Nannu Miah. 61, Nuru Miah, 52, Ai Amin Shimul, 27, Sabuj Kader, 26, and Arafat, 21.

Rab official Raihan Asgar Khan told The Daily Star that several Rab members, posing as buyers, reached an agreement with the gang that they would buy cocaine forTk 1.5 crore. Accordingly, the smugglers handed over a packet of cocaine to them at Markun in Tongi around 2:00pm.

The Rab personnel then revealed their identity and arrested the five, he said.

During the preliminary interrogation, the arrestees said the cocaine was smuggled form Myanmar.