9,870 Yaba Tablets Seized from Truck in Narayanganj's Bandar, Two Rajshahi Men Arrested
A joint team of the Special Response Battalion (SRB-5 and SRB-11) searched a truck in Bandar, Narayanganj and recovered 9,870 yaba tablets.
Two young men from Rajshahi were arrested on charges of transporting the drugs.
The arrested men are Iyadul Islam, 40, of Thanapara Mathpara in Charghat upazila of Rajshahi, and Md Noyon Islam, 24, of Monigram in Bagha upazila.
In a press release on Tuesday afternoon, SRB-5 in Rajshahi said it had learned at around 12:30pm on Monday that yaba was being taken to Dhaka in a truck from Cox's Bazar.
Acting on that information, a checkpoint was set up on the road in front of Rafi Filling Station at Madanpur in Bandar police station area of Narayanganj.
The suspected truck was stopped and searched. Iyadul and Noyon, who were in the truck, were arrested and the 9,870 yaba tablets were recovered.
The SRB also said that after a preliminary health examination, the two arrested men were handed over to the concerned police station along with the recovered drugs and the truck for legal action.
