Man arrested with 1,400 yaba pills in Teknaf

Members of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Teknaf Battalion have arrested a man with 1,400 yaba pills from Teknaf’s Damdamia checkpost.

The identity of the suspect could not be known immediately.

According to a press release sent by BGB-2, a patrol team of Damdamia BoP under Teknaf Battalion (2 BGB) of BGB was conducting regular search operations at the Damdamia checkpost.

In continuation of this, a bus of Palki Paribahan from Teknaf to Cox's Bazar came to the Damdamia checkpost yesterday and it was pulled over for a search.

A search dog of BGB’s K-9 unit identified a man with suspicious behaviour. Later, the patrol team conducted a thorough search and found 1,400 yaba pills from under the passenger’s seat, the press release reads.

A case was filed in this regard and the arrestee has been handed over to Teknaf Model Police Station.