Friday, March 29, 2024

Yaba sweeps country

Yaba aggression has recently swept the country without any let up. No measures can keep the drug dealers at bay. Meanwhile, police nabbed a drug dealer from KB Das Road in old part of Dhaka city on Thursday night. Moreover, police seized 39,000 pieces of contraband Yaba tablets from the possession of the arrestee, who ... Read more

Youth held, Yaba, Phensedyl seized

The Rapid Action Battalion held a youth and seized 99 pieces of Yaba tablets and 17 bottles of Phensedyl in two drives in Sylhet Wednesday late night and early Thursday. The arrested was identified as Ali Ahmad, 32, of Pirpur under Jalalabad police station of Sylhet Metropolitan Police, sources in the RAB said.

Two arrested with 6,000 Yaba pills in capital

Detective Branch of Police, in two separate drives, arrested a bus driver and a woman with about 6,000 Yaba tablets from the capital’s Kamalapur and Sabujbagh areas early yesterday. Jasim Chowdhury, 51, driver of Shyamoli Paribahan, which runs on the Dhaka-Teknaf route, had 5,000 pieces of the banned drug in his possession

Yaba smuggling on rise: DNC

Smuggling and usage of contraband Yaba tablets, among illegal drugs, are alarmingly increasing in the country, said Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) yesterday. More than one lakh people are engaged in smuggling and trading of the illegal drugs while more than 50,000 people are arrested each year in connection

Biggest-ever Yaba seizure in Ctg

4 arrested Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive yesterday seized 2,70,000 pieces of illegal Yaba tablets, worth Tk 10 crore, from Asadganj area of Chittagong and arrested a smuggler along with three of his accomplices. It is so far the largest ever seizure of Yaba tablets, a powerful addictive stimulant smuggled