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YABA-RECOVERY-CTG
1.5 lakh yaba pills seized in Ctg
CHATTOGRAM, March 21, 2020 (BSS) -Bangladesh Coast Guard in a drive
arrested two drug smugglers with one lakh 50 thousand pieces of contraband
yaba tablets from the Sangu estuary beside Anwara upazila of the district
early today.
The Coast Guard sources said the yaba tablets were recovered from the Sangu
estuary of Raipur village under the upazila, a wooden boat was also seized in
this connection.
The arrested persons were identified as Jalal Uddin, 25, and Mohammad
Faruk, 26, both hailed from Anwara upazila of the district.
Coast Guard East Zone Staff Officer (Operations) Lieutenant Commander
Mohammad Saiful Islam told BSS that on a tip-off, a team of Bangladesh Coast
Guard conducted a drive in the aforesaid area and detained two drug smugglers
with one lakh 50 thousand pieces of yaba tablets.
The arrested persons were handed over to Anwara thana after filing a case,
he said.
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