Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), in their separate drives, recovered 1,40,000 Yaba tablets, worth about Tk 42 million, from Teknaf in Cox's Bazar district Saturday night and early Sunday.
Tipped off, a BGB patrol team launched a drive near sluicegate No-2.5 adjacent to the Naf river around 8:30 pm on Saturday and recovered several plastic bags containing about 40,000 pieces of Yaba tablets, said commanding Officer of Border Guard Battalion-42 Lt Col Md Abuzar Al Jahid.
Although the BGB team had information about more Yaba pills, they had to postpone their drive due to heavy overnight rain, Col Jahid said adding that the BGB members later conducted a fresh drive in the same area and recovered 100,000 more abandoned Yaba tablets about 5:30 am.
However, there was no arrest in connection with the Yaba haul as the drug smugglers fled the scene sensing presence of the law-enforcers.
0.14m Yaba tablets seized in Cox\\\'s Bazar
FE Team | Published: October 13, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00
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