BGB detains four drug peddlers with over 50,000 yaba in Cox's Bazar

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Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Thursday detained four drug peddlers with 50,755 yaba pills worth Tk 15 million (1.5 crore) from Ukhiya in Cox’s Bazar, reports UNB.

The detainees were identified as Md Shahjahan, 41, Md Ekramul Hossain, 25, Md Dabir Ahmed, 28 and Md Yeasin, 21.

According to a BGB media release, a patrol team of BGB-34 detained Shahjahan and Ekramul during a raid at Palong Khali union in Ukhiya in the morning.

During the raid, BGB men seized 50,000 yaba worth Tk 15 million from their possession, said the release.

In another drive at the Reju Khal post, the BGB men detained the other two drug peddlers with 755 yaba in a battery-run auto-rickshaw.

Legal processes are underway against the detainees, the release added.