2,250 pieces of Yaba hidden inside shoes recovered in Barguna, two arrested including Rohingya woman
Barguna Correspondent
The Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) has arrested two people, including a Rohingya woman, in Barguna while smuggling Yaba by hiding it inside shoes. 2,250 pieces of Yaba were recovered from them.
They were arrested on Monday afternoon in a raid on a local bus from Barisal to Barguna in the Barguna Municipal Bus Terminal (New Bus Stand) area.
The arrested persons are Md. Rabiul Alam (60), son of the late Fazal Karim of Purba Kadirbil-Palangkhali area of Ukhia upazila of Cox's Bazar, and Chamuda Begum (45), a resident of B Block of Rohingya Camp-24 in Teknaf. She is the wife of the late Ayub Ali.
According to sources from the Barguna District Office of the Narcotics Control Department, a team led by Deputy Director Md. Hamimur Rashid conducted a raid on the bus based on a secret tip-off. During this, the two suspects were searched and 2,250 pieces of Yaba, which were specially hidden inside the shoes they were wearing, were recovered.
Deputy Director of the Narcotics Control Department's Barguna District Office Md. Hamimur Rashid said, based on a secret tip-off, two people with Yaba were arrested in a raid on the bus. The process of taking necessary legal action against them under the Narcotics Control Act is underway. The department's drive against drug trafficking and the gangs involved in it will continue.
