180,000 yaba pills seized in Ctg, two drug traders held

Police on Sunday night arrested two suspected drug traders along with 1,80,000 pieces of contraband yaba pills worth around Tk1.4 crore from the Oxygen Circle area under Bayezid police station in the city.

The arrested were identified as Md Sirajuddin, 36, a resident of Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar district, and Mohammad Arafat, 32, a resident of Satkania upazila of Chittagong.

Mohammad Arafat is the car driver of Md Sirajuddin who lives in the Khulshi area in the port city.

Mohammad Mohsin, officer-in-charge of Bayezid police station, said: “Acting on a tip-off, we conducted a drive in the Oxygen Circle area and searched a jeep carrying the duo that was going to Hathazari upazila to Anwara upazila in the district.

“After searching the vehicle, we seized about 180,000 pieces of yaba tablets, wrapped them inside plastic bags, and arrested the duo,” added the OC.

“During primary quizzing, the arrestees confessed that they belonged to an international drug smuggling syndicate”, the OC said.

“Though Sirajuddin told us that he is a resident of Ukhiya, we suspect that he is a national of Myanmar. However, we are looking into the matter”, said the OC, adding that a case was lodged against the arrestees with Bayezid police station under the Narcotic Control Act. Source: (Dhaka Tribune)

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