Police arrest two with 24,000 Yaba pills in Comilla

COMILLA, Mar 18 (UNB): Highway police arrested two drug peddlers along with 24,000 pieces of Yaba pills from Shuagazi area in Sadar South upazila early Sunday.

As per regular drive, a team of highway police intercepted a bus in the area on Dhaka-Chittagong Highway and recovered 24,000 Yaba pills from beneath the seat behind driver's seat, said Mahbubur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Moynamoti Highway Police Station.

Later, the law enforcers detained Jewel, the bus driver, hailing from Ludhua village of Laxmipur and his helper Shamim, hailing from Tongibari of Munshiganj, in this connection.

The market value of the seized contraband tablets is Tk 7.2 million, he added.