Cox’s Bazar, Sept 26 (UNB) – Police arrested two people and recovered 10,000 pieces of Yaba tablets from inside a truck on Teknaf-Cox’s Bazar road early Wednesday.
The arrestees were identified as Al Amin, 40, a truck driver, son of Mohammad Ismail in Barguna district and Manir Hossain, 28, son of Kalachan Bepari of Shariatpur district.
Tipped off, a team of police conducted a drive in the area at the dead of night and intercepted a truck on Teknaf-Cox’s Bazar road, said Ranjit Barua, officer-in-charge of Teknaf Police Station.
Later, police recovered the Yaba tablet, hidden in the truck tactfully and arrested its driver and helper.