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50,000 Yaba seized in Cox\\\'s Bazar

Friday, 10 October 2014


Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel recovered 50,000 Yaba tablets in Teknaf Upazila in Cox’s Bazar district on Friday. Tipped off, a BGB team conducted a drive in Ashabania area of Teknaf and seized a boat along with 50,000 pieces of the contraband tablets worth Tk 15 million which were being smuggled into the country from Myanmar around 4:30am, said commanding officer of BGB-42 Lieutenant Colonel Abu Jar Al Zahid. Sensing presence of the BGB men, the smugglers managed to escape, according to a news agency.