2 Ghanaian ‘footballers’ detained with 7500 yaba pills

Two Ghanaian citizens, believed to be footballers playing in Bangladesh’s football leagues, have been detained reportedly for carrying 7,500 yaba tablets in Chattogram, reports UNB.

The detained are Ntini Twum Frank, 27, and Richard Dzifa Appiae, 28. Further details about them were not available.

Officer-in-charge of Bakalia police station Mohammad Nezam Uddin said the two Ghanaian citizens got down from a bus in Shah Amanat Bridge area around 2:00am while going to Dhaka from Cox’s Bazar.

Following their suspicious movement, police challenged them and recovered the yaba pills from their possession after a search, he said, adding that the law enforcers later detained them.

During interrogation, the two revealed that they were smuggling the drugs for one Mohammad Masud in the capital, the OC said.

Following the information, police arrested Masud from Bashundhara Residential Area in the capital in the afternoon, he said.

Citing the Ghanaian nationals, the OC said they are footballers and play in different football leagues in Bangladesh.