3 held with 19,000 Yaba pills from passenger bus

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Staff Reporter :
Law enforcers seized 19,000 contraband yaba tablets and detained three persons for allegedly trying to smuggle the drugs to Dhaka from Chattogram city on Friday.
The detainees were identified as Md Sabuj, 32, from Chandpur, Palash Mondol, 28, and Nasir Hawladar, 30, both from Barishal.
On information, members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-7) intercepted a Dhaka-bound bus of Shyamoli Paribahan at Kotwali of the port city and
recovered the yaba tablets which were hidden under the driving seat, says a press release.
Three persons were held in this connection, who later “admitted” during primary interrogation that they were carrying the tablets from Cox’s Bazar to Dhaka, the release read.
The RAB members also seized the bus, which was going to Dhaka from Cox’s Bazar, in this connection, the release added.
The value of the seized yaba tablets was estimated at Tk 95 lakh.
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