Coast Guard seize 5 lakh Yaba tablets, 7 held
|| risingbd.com
Published: 16:49, 20 September 2020
Update: 16:50, 20 September 2020
Bangladesh Coast Guard has seized 5 lakh Yaba tablets conducting a drive in Bay of Bengal.
Law enforcers also held seven smugglers during the drive.
The drive was conducted in deep sea, nearly 25 nautical miles away from Teknaf of Cox’s Bazar early Sunday (September 20).
Coast Guard media official Lt Commander M Hayat Ibn Siddique confirmed this in a message.
The smugglers are: Moharram Ali, 44, Abdul Shukkur, 26, Amanullah, 28, Nurul Alam, 38, Monnaf, 35, Zahid Hassan, 33, and Abdul Pedan, 22. They all are residents of Teknaf.
Cox’s Bazar/Rubel/AKA