BGB seizes 2.11kg crystal meth, 30,000 Yaba in Teknaf

The Border Guard Bangladesh on Friday claimed to have seized drugs worth nearly Tk 11.46 crore in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf.

Based on a tip-off, a patrol team of BGB intercepted a boat carrying a suspected smuggler in the Naf river of Teknaf upazila at 6:50 pm while he was heading towards the Beribadh area, said Lt Col Sheikh Khalid Md Iftekhar, Commander of BGB-2 battalion.

At one stage, the BGB challenged the boat.

Sensing danger, the man on the boat escaped but the BGB men seized a bag containing 2.11kg of crystal meth and 30,000 Yaba tablets worth Tk 11.46 crore, he said.