BSS-17 Seven lakh pieces yaba tablets recovered in Cox’s Bazar

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Seven lakh pieces yaba tablets recovered in Cox’s Bazar

COX’S BAZAR, July 26, 2019 (BSS) – Bangladesh Coast Guard in a drive
recovered around seven lakh pieces of yaba tablets from the River Naf in
Teknaf upazila of the district today.

No arrest was made in the drive as the drug traders escaped to jungle
leaving their boat in the river.

Media Officer of Chattogram East Zone Coast Guard Lieutenant BN Hayat
Ibn Siddique said on information members of coast guard chased a wooden boat
in the river in Jailerdip area. At a stage the boat was capsized but the
smugglers escaped to the jungle close to the river bank. Searching the boat
they found the yaba tablets, Hayat Ibn Siddique added.

The yaba tablets worth about Taka 35 crore were handed over to the
Teknaf Thana police.

A case was filed.

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