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.
Police arrested him when a Shyamoli Paribahan bus, driven by Jasim, arrived at Kamalapur Balurmath from Taknaf yesterday at about 12:30am.
Quoting Jasim, DB officials said Jasim has been involved in Yaba trading for years. He purchases the tablets from Myanmar citizens in Teknaf and sells those to different drugs rings involved in Yaba trading in the capital.
Meanwhile, another team of DB officials arrested Ruma Begum, 35, from Basabo Balurmath in Sabujbagh with 970 Yaba tablets.
She was arrested at about 1:00am while selling the tablets to addicts, DB officials said.
-With The Daily Star input
