Fresh human trafficking begins, 19 rescued

Cox's Bazar Correspondent: Police members have rescued 19 Myanmar citizens including two children while being illegally trafficked to Malaysia again by sea route after two years and detained two alleged members of a human trafficking racket.

Some identified brokers are believed to be involved in this fresh human trafficking.

Based on a tip-off, the 19 people were rescued after conducting a drive at the house of a woman named Bulbuli at Teknaf in Cox's Bazar, police said.

Police, meanwhile, detained two alleged members of the human trafficking racket while two others managed to flee.

The detainees are Bulbuli, 35, wife of Md Tayebur of Tekhnaf Sadar Union and Md Khalil Prokash Ismail, 36, son of Muktar Ahmed of the same area.

Ashrafuzzaman, officer-in-charge of Teknaf Police Station (investigation), confirmed the matter to risingbd.com.

risingbd/Cox's Bazar/May 9, 2017/Sujauddin Rubel/Amirul