Rab claimed to have arrested six drug peddlers with two kgs of cocaine in their possession in separate drives at Dhaka's Jatrabari and Gulistan areas on Tuesday.

The arrestees are Sultan Hasan (50), Hannan (35), Uzzal (28), Uday Das (52), Palash Dey (58), and Firoz Alam Khan (50).

A team of Rab first arrested three of them from Jatrabari's Konapara area around 4pm and recovered one kg cocaine, Maj Shahrier Ziaur Rahman, second-in-command of Rab-10, told The Daily Star.

Later, based on their information, Rab conducted another drive at a hotel in Gulistan and arrested three others with another one kg drugs, he added.

The Rab official said after initial testing, the seized items were found to be cocaine. The street value of it is around Tk 60 crore, he said.

During primary interrogation, the arrestees admitted they are members of an international drug trafficking gang and have long been involved in the illicit business, Major Shahrier said.

Rab officials said the arrestees collected the cocaine from a neighbouring country and were waiting for an opportune time to ship to Singapore.