Barishal, Oct. 3 -- Officials from the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) detained a youth along with 90 kilograms of cannabis hidden inside a specially constructed secret chamber of a pickup van during a raid in Barishal city early Saturday.

The detainee was identified as Rahul Hawlader, 22, a resident of the Kalapatti area of Barishal city.

Two of his accomplices - Siraj Mia, 37, of Cumilla, and Palash Hawlader, 42, of the Rasulpur area in Barishal - fled the scene.

Acting on a tip-off, a DNC team intercepted a blue-and-yellow Tata pickup van near the Rasulpur Ice Factory.

Upon searching a secret chamber built under the driver's seat, beneath the finishing tank, officers recovered 30 polythene bundles, each containing 3 kg of can...