Huge amount of yaba pills seized in Cox's Bazar
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Friday detained five drug peddlers and seized 690,000 yaba pills from Ukhiya upazila of Cox's Bazar, reports UNB.
The detainees are Mahbub, 30, from Jaliapalang Pineashia Charpara area, Sufia Sultana Sumi, 26, Fatema Begum ,65, Md Rafiq Ullah from Chakbaitha West Dighinala and Md Rafiq Alam.
Acting on a tip-off, a patrol team of BGB-34 conducted a drive at Iqbal Hossain’s house in the Koroibunia area around Friday at midnight and detained four drug peddlers with 50,000 yaba pills, said a media release of BGB.
Later, the the law enforcers conducted another drive at the Rujupara area based on the information provided by the detainee and seized 6 lakh more yaba tablets, said the release.
Later BGB men arrested Rafiq Alam with 40,000 pcs of yaba from Gorjonbunia border.
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