BNP leader among 4 detained while ‘consuming yaba tablets’

Police arrested four people, including a leader of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), while they were allegedly consuming yaba pills in Chaitannogoli area of Chattogram on Friday night.

The BNP leader is Tinku Das, office secretary of Chattogram city unit of the BNP, reports news agency UNB.

The other arrestees are Firoz Alam, 32, Md Shahjahan, 50 and Md Baki, 39.

On information, a team of police conducted a raid on the rooftop of a house in the area and caught them red-handed around 9:00pm, said Kotwali police station officer-in-charge Mohammad Mohsin.

The law enforcement team also recovered 60 yaba tablets from their possession, he added.

A case was filed against the detainees under the Narcotics Control Act, the OC added.