Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members arrested a drug trader along with 19,575 Yaba tablets in Bohoddarhat Shahamanat area in the city here on Monday.

The arrestee is Jasim Uddim Siraj, 30, of Chhitpara village in Gazipur.

Tipped off, a team of Rab conducted a drive in front of New Manila Hotel in the area and arrested Jasim when he was crossing the area riding a motorbike, said a press release of Rab-7. 

After searching Jashim they recovered 19,575 Yaba tablets which were concealed in the motorbike, it said. 

The Rab team handed over Jasim to Chandgaon Police Station.