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Two Rohingya refugees have been caught travelling on a bus while carrying 5,000 yaba pills, says the Department of Narcotics Control or DNC. The two were found on the bus from Teknaf, after it was searched by narcotics detectives on Mariners Road in Chittagong city on Sunday morning, said DNC Deputy Director Shamim Ahmed.
They were identified as Salim Ullah, from Whykong Unshipara refugee camp, 42, and Mohammad Shah aka Khokan, 22, from Layda Notun Taal refugee camp in Teknaf. The Saudia Paribahan bus they were on was searched based on a tip-off, DNC Inspector Tapan Kanti Sharma said.
The men have been accused in a case for under the Narcotics Control Act. The Rohingyas are stateless Muslim minorities of Myanmar who face violent persecution in the Buddhist-majority nation.
Rohingya child admitted to CMCH: A five-month-old Rohingya boy was admitted to Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) early on Saturday.
Arman, son of Farid Alam of Balughata in Myanmar’s Mongdaw, was brought to CMCH at 3:25am after he fell sick, said sources at CMCH police outpost. However, details about his sickness could not be known immediately.
Arman’s parents have taken shelter into Bangladesh, fleeing violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state.
Two Rohingya refugees have been caught travelling on a bus while carrying 5,000 yaba pills, says the Department of Narcotics Control or DNC. The two were found on the bus from Teknaf, after it was searched by narcotics detectives on Mariners Road in Chittagong city on Sunday morning, said DNC Deputy Director Shamim Ahmed.
They were identified as Salim Ullah, from Whykong Unshipara refugee camp, 42, and Mohammad Shah aka Khokan, 22, from Layda Notun Taal refugee camp in Teknaf. The Saudia Paribahan bus they were on was searched based on a tip-off, DNC Inspector Tapan Kanti Sharma said.
The men have been accused in a case for under the Narcotics Control Act. The Rohingyas are stateless Muslim minorities of Myanmar who face violent persecution in the Buddhist-majority nation.
Rohingya child admitted to CMCH: A five-month-old Rohingya boy was admitted to Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) early on Saturday.
Arman, son of Farid Alam of Balughata in Myanmar’s Mongdaw, was brought to CMCH at 3:25am after he fell sick, said sources at CMCH police outpost. However, details about his sickness could not be known immediately.
Arman’s parents have taken shelter into Bangladesh, fleeing violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state.
