1 kg Crystal meth recovered from Teknaf

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Sunday recovered one kilogram of crystal meth from the Jele Para area near Naf River at Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar, reports UNB.

According to a press release issued by BGB-2 Teknaf battalion, while patrolling at the banks of the Naf River near the sluice gate area, a patrol team saw two men crossing the Naf River with a plastic bag towards Bangladesh.

When the BGB members challenged them, they jumped into the river and fled across the border into Myanmar leaving the bag behind. Later, the members of BGB searched the bag found the drug.

BGB estimated the street value of the drugs to be worth Tk 52 million, the release added.