Passenger arrested with 3,000 yaba pills at Dhaka airport

Officials of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) arrested a passenger with 3,000 yaba pills at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital on Sunday, reports UNB.

The arrestee, identified as Jasim Uddin, landed at the airport from a domestic flight of Novoair (VQ-912) from Chattogram at 5:25pm.

Tipped off, a team of CIID took position at the domestic terminal of the airport and obstructed Jasim as he came forward, said a customs official.

Later, the team recovered 60 packets of yaba pills.