PATUAKHALI, April 10, 2019 (BSS) – Members of Coast Guard in a drive arrested two alleged drug peddler with five lakh pieces of yaba tablets from Bay of Bengal near Rabnabad channel of Paira Sea Port on Tuesday evening, a Coast Guard press release said here today.
The arrested persons are Mosharaf Hossain, a resident of Chakamoiya village and Tipu Shikder of Mohipur village under Kalapara upazila of the district.
Being informed, Coast Guard team conducted the drive in the area and arrested the duo with the yaba tablets, the release said.
Sensing the presence of law enforcers others managed to flee away.