Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) said they detained a Rohingya man with one lakh yaba pills from the Ukhiya border area on Thursday.
The detainee was identified as Sharif Hossain, 21, son of Bashir Ahmed of Kutupalong Rohingya camp of Ukhiya upazila.
Tipped off, a team of BGB conducted a raid at Tulatuli Joliler Goda of Rajapalong union, Lieutenant Colonel Mohammad Saiful Islam Chowdhury, commanding officer of 34th BGB Battalion, said.
BGB detained Sharif with one lakh contraband yaba pills when he was trying to smuggle the cheap synthetic drug from Myanmar into Bangladesh.
The detainee and the yaba pills were handed over to Ukiya Police Station, Saiful said.
