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ARREST-YABA-HSIA
Two held with 2,850 Yaba tablets at Dhaka airport
DHAKA, Nov 19, 2019 (BSS) – Security personnel detained two men with 2,850
pieces of yaba tablet in the domestic terminal area of Hazrat Shahjalal
International Airport (HSIA) on Monday.
The arrested men were identified as Mohammad Jamiul Islam, 21, hailed from
Qazir Ballabadi village under Saltha thana in Faridpur district and Mohammad
Arif Shikdar, 23, from Khayerhat village under Kasiani thana in Gopalganj
district.
Both the detainees are the students of Faridpur Polytechnic Institute,
said Alamgir Hossain Shimul, additional superintendent (ops and media) of
Armed Police Battalion (APBn).
He said members of APBn rounded up them while they were suspiciously
walking at the car parking zone adjacent to the domestic terminal at around 3
pm yesterday.
Later, they recovered the pills from their possession, he added.
During primary interrogation, they admitted that they had arrived here from
Cox’s Bazar on a flight of NOVOAIR carrying those yaba tablets worth about
Taka 14 lakh.
A case was filed in this regard under Narcotics Control Act with airport
police station.
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