Naikhongchhari: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has seized nearly 100,000 yaba tablets during an anti-narcotics operation in the Jaruliachhari border area of Naikhongchhari upazila in Bandarban.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, a patrol team from Naikhongchhari Battalion (11 BGB) conducted the operation last night based on a tip-off. During the search, the team recovered 99,940 yaba tablets from two abandoned bags hidden in an eggplant field west of the Jame Mosque in South Moulvikhata village, near border pillar 46.
Naikhongchhari Battalion Commanding Officer Lieutenant Colonel Md Faizul Kabir stated that Border Guard Bangladesh is actively working to ensure border security and prevent smuggling, human trafficking, illegal intrusion, and drug trafficking. He further emphasized that under BGB’s ‘zero tolerance’ policy on narcotics, the force has increased surveillance and vigilance across border areas to curb drug smuggling.