Bandarban:Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has successfully seized 200,000 yaba tablets and arrested two Rohingya nationals during separate anti-narcotics operations in the Ghumdhum and Baishphari border areas of Naikhongchhari upazila.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, the operations were conducted by the Cox's Bazar 34 BGB Battalion, following a tip-off. A special drive took place on Saturday at Jamaler Gher, approximately 200 yards inside Bangladesh from border pillar No. 32, where the team apprehended the two Rohingya individuals and confiscated 10,000 yaba tablets from their possession.
The individuals arrested have been identified as Md Islam, 25, and Md Mojibullah, 23, both residents of FDMN Camp-8. In a separate operation, a patrol team of the Baishphari Border Outpost (BOP) discovered 190,000 yaba tablets abandoned at Madhyapara, about 100 yards inside Bangladesh from border pillar No. 35. No one claimed ownership of these tablets, According to BGB.
Legal proceedings against the arrested individuals are currently underway, with arrangements being made to hand them over to the police. Cox's Bazar Battalion Commander Lt Col SM Khairul Alam emphasized BGB's commitment to preventing drug trafficking and maintaining border security. He assured that such operations will continue to curb cross-border drug smuggling and safeguard the nation's youth from the adverse effects of drugs.