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RAB arrests two men, including a Rohingya, with 1.3 million yaba pills

RAB arrests two men, including a Rohingya, with 1.3 million yaba pills

Bangladesh Live News | @banglalivenews | 25 Aug 2020, 08:03 am
Dhaka:  Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel have arrested two men with 1.3 million pieces of banned yaba pills in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar area, media reports said.

The arrested person includes a Rohingya man.

RAB-15 detained the duo while they were entering Khurushkul Majhirghat area of Cox's Bazar Sadar upazila on Sunday, reports Dhaka Tribune.

The arrested people were identified as Md Billal, 45, of Dakshin Hajipara in Sadar upazila and Md Ayaz, 34, of H-16 block in Balukhali Rohingya camp.

Colonel Tofail Mostafa Sarwar, Additional Director General of RAB told Dhaka Tribune: ""During interrogation, the detainees confessed that they were involved in drug dealing for a long time. We have learnt that a section of trawler owners are involved in yaba smuggling."