Cumilla: Two suspected drug traders were killed in reported gunfights in Cumilla and Cox’s Bazar districts early Saturday.

In Cumilla, a suspected drug peddler was killed in a predawn ‘gunfight’ with police at ShitoliaKoraiban in Ujirpur union of Chauddagram upazila, reports the UNB.

Tipped off that a gang of drug traders gathered in the area, a team of police conducted the drive around 1:45am, said Abul Faisal, officer-in-charge of Chauddagram Police Station.

Sensing the presence of police, the gang reportedly fired shots at the police, forcing the law enforcers to retaliate in ‘self-defence’ which led to the gun battle, the OC said.

After the gunfight, police spotted the bullet-riddled body of Saddam Hossain, 38, son of AbulHashem of Baghbari village, from the spot, said the OC adding that Saddam was accused in 12 drug-related cases.

Police also recovered a pipe gun, three bullets and 200 bottles of Phensidyl from the scene.

In Cox’s Bazar, suspected Yaba trader Shahjahan, also chief of terrorist gang ‘Shahjahan group’, was killed in a reported gunfight between two groups of Yaba traders around 4:30 am.

MD Bakhtiar Uddin Chowdhury, officer-in-charge of Chakaria Police station, said they recovered 400 Yaba tablets, one LG, two round cartridges from the spot adding that Shahjahan was accused in 12 cases.