Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized 210,000 yaba tablets and 6kg of cannabis in two separate operations in Teknaf and arrested three people, including two women.
Another person allegedly involved in the smuggling managed to flee.
According to BGB, acting on a tip-off on Friday, a team set up a temporary checkpoint on the main road in Maheshkhali Para under Teknaf Sadar Union, about 200 yards south of Shamima Filling Station in the Sea Beach BOP area.
Around 7:10pm, two women arrived at the checkpoint in an autorickshaw. BGB personnel stopped the vehicle and searched it.
They recovered 6kg of cannabis wrapped in polythene from a plastic basket carried by the women and arrested both of them.
In a separate operation early Saturday, BGB received intelligence that a large consignment of yaba was being brought into Bangladesh from Myanmar through the Naf River near Jinnakhali in the Sabran BOP area.
Acting on the information, a special patrol team equipped with a speedboat took position at a suspected entry point along the river.
Around 1:50am, the team detected the movements of two suspected individuals coming from Myanmar using a thermal imager and radar.
At around 2am, the two men were seen swimming into Bangladesh with bags. One fled into a mangrove area after noticing the BGB presence, while the other was detained with a bag.
A search of the bag recovered 210,000 yaba tablets packed in specially wrapped packages.
The arrested individuals were identified as Chhenowara Begum, 50, and Dilara Begum, 40, from Habir Para in Teknaf Sadar, and Mohammad Hossain, 50, of Golarpara in Sabran Union.
The person who fled was identified as Mohammad Shaker, 40.
The seized items from the two operations included 210,000 yaba tablets, 6kg of cannabis and two button mobile phones.
Lt Col Mohammad Tajul Islam Chowdhury, commander of Teknaf Battalion (2 BGB), said drug trafficking posed a serious threat to young people, public health and social security.
He said BGB was maintaining maximum vigilance and professionalism along the border to prevent drug trafficking. At the same time, intelligence surveillance, special patrols, searches, and modern technology had been strengthened.
He added that the arrested individuals, along with seized drugs and other evidence, were being processed for handover to Teknaf Model Police Station for legal action.
Cox’s Bazar Life Report
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