A youth who was attempting to smuggle marijuana over the wall of Brahmanbaria District Jail was detained by the prison authorities and later handed over to the police station.
The incident took place on Friday at Brahmanbaria District Jail in Urdashur.
The arrested youth is Md Suman Hazari, 22, son of Md Jahangir Hazari from the Urdashur village.
However, as the prison authorities did not file any charges against him, the Brahmanbaria Sadar Model police station sent him to court showing his arrest in another drug case.
Brahmanbaria Jail Superintendent Md Sohidul Islam said: “On Friday afternoon, the young man was caught on the prison’s CCTV camera trying to enter the jail premises with drugs by scaling the boundary wall. He was immediately detained, and a knife and several packets of marijuana were seized from him. He was later handed over to the police.”
Brahmanbaria Sadar police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md Aslam Hossain said: “Several packets of marijuana were seized from the youth. However, the jail authorities did not file any written complaint with the police station. The youth was then sent to court, being shown arrested in another drug case.”