Yaba pills worth Tk20cr seized in Cox’s Bazar

The Bangladesh Coast Guard has seized 410,000 yaba pills worth an estimated Tk20 crore during a special anti-drug operation in the River Naf in Teknaf of Cox’s Bazar. 
In a press release on Sunday afternoon, Coast Guard Media Officer Lieutenant Commander Sabbir Alam Sujan confirmed the seizure and said no one was arrested in the operation.
According to the release, the Coast Guard received intelligence that a large consignment of yaba would be smuggled from Myanmar into Bangladesh through the Naf River. Acting on the information, an operational team from Coast Guard Outpost Shahpari conducted a special drive in the river from 9pm to midnight on Sunday.
During the operation, the team spotted a suspicious engine-powered wooden boat near Nazirpara under Teknaf Police Station and signalled it to stop. However, the suspected smugglers fled towards the Myanmar maritime boundary after sensing the Coast Guard's presence.
The team later searched four polythene-wrapped packets found floating in the water and recovered 410,000 yaba pills. Lieutenant Commander Sabbir Alam Sujan said legal proceedings regarding the seized drugs were underway.