Cox’s Bazar-Teknaf highway blocked protesting detention of UP member

A team of the Narcotics Control Department detained a union parishad (UP) member with yaba pills in Teknaf of Cox’s Bazar on Thursday, the authorities said.

Protesting the detention, a group of people from the Hoaikang union blocked the Cox’s Bazar-Teknaf highway for four hours, creating traffic gridlock and making the commuters suffer, they added.

The detainee is Badsha Mia, 46, a member of Ward 7 of Hoaikang union parishad of the upazila, Md Kamruzzaman, upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) of Teknaf, said.

“The incident happened in the Noyabazar Station area of the union. The blockade started at 6pm and continued till 10pm.”

Nurul Alam, an inspector of Cox’s Bazar Circle of the Narcotics Control Department, said they detained a person named Badsha for possessing yaba but they are yet to confirm the number of pills seized from him.