Surge in yaba trafficking!

More than 50 smugglers engaged in trading contraband narcotic substance of yaba are scheduled to surrender to law enforcement authorities on January 29. But, media reports quoting local people said, increased number of consignments of yaba tablets from Myanmar, its main source of supply, are coming in recent times. Some 500,000 yaba tablets have been recovered from its major route of Cox's Bazar this month so far.

It was expected that illicit drug trade through Bangladesh-Myanmar border would come down since over 100 yaba traders, godfathers and peddlers surrendered to the police last year. However, local people regret, some displaced persons from Myanmar are also used to bring in yaba tablets. It is disappointing to see that there is no improvement in the situation when thousands of people especially youth are getting addicted to this harmful drug.

S Mahmud

Mohammadpur, Dhaka

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