Railway police recovered around 6,700 yaba tablets from the power car of the Cox’s Bazar Express train bound for Dhaka after searching the coach for a suspected bomb-like object at Cox’s Bazar Iconic Railway Station on Thursday.
The tablets were found in two polythene-wrapped packages in the power car around noon.
Stationmaster Mohammad Zainal Abedin said the power-car operator informed him over a walkie-talkie that a suspicious object had been spotted while the train was preparing to leave.
He, along with the train guard and railway police members, then searched the power car.
During the search, two long packages wrapped in polythene were found under a chair beside the wash area below the toilet. The packages were opened, and around 6,700 yaba tablets were recovered.
Railway police said the train’s signal was cancelled as a precaution after the suspicious object was reported. The Cox’s Bazar Express left for Dhaka about five minutes late after the search and recovery operation was completed.
GRP Inspector Mustafizur Rahman said the packages may have been placed in the power car while the train was at the washing pit.
However, it was not immediately clear who placed the yaba there, when it was done or how the packages were taken into the power car. He said investigators were also looking into whether any railway official or employee was involved.
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