Our Correspondent :
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Sunday night seized 140,000 pieces of Yaba pills from Rajuamtoli area in Naikhongchari Upazila of Bandarban after a gunfight with yaba traders.
A team of BGB-34 battalion took position near Dakhshin Rajuamtoli Mosque in Ghumdhum union around 10pm after being tipped off about a smuggling bid.
As the BGB team approached a gang of yaba traders, who were coming to Bangladesh from Myanmar through the hilly area, the gang members opened fire.
BGB members opened fire in self defence, triggering a skirmish.
At one stage, the gang members fled the scene leaving a bag wrapped in a lungi.
Later, the BGB members recovered Burmese Yaba pills worth Tk 4.2 crore from the bag.
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Sunday night seized 140,000 pieces of Yaba pills from Rajuamtoli area in Naikhongchari Upazila of Bandarban after a gunfight with yaba traders.
A team of BGB-34 battalion took position near Dakhshin Rajuamtoli Mosque in Ghumdhum union around 10pm after being tipped off about a smuggling bid.
As the BGB team approached a gang of yaba traders, who were coming to Bangladesh from Myanmar through the hilly area, the gang members opened fire.
BGB members opened fire in self defence, triggering a skirmish.
At one stage, the gang members fled the scene leaving a bag wrapped in a lungi.
Later, the BGB members recovered Burmese Yaba pills worth Tk 4.2 crore from the bag.
