Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained a Rohingya man with 1.06 kg of crystal methamphetamine (Ice) from Teknaf upazila in Cox’s Bazar early Thursday.
The detainee was identified as Shahidul Islam, 22, a resident of Jadimora refugee camp in Teknaf.
According to a media release of BGB, tipped off, a BGB Teknaf (BGB-2) team detained Shahidul with crystal meth worth Tk 5.30 crore while trying to smuggle those into the country from Myanmar around 3:00am.
The detainee was handed over to the Teknaf Model police station.