Cox’s Bazar, June 10 (UNB) - A suspected Yaba trader was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with members of Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB) in Teknaf upazila here early Monday.
The identity of the deceased could not be known yet.
Lt Col Md Faisal Hasan Khan, BGB commanding officer of Teknaf-2, said on information that a group of smugglers entering the country from Myanmar with a consignment of Yaba a BGB team went to Hlila Jadimura border area on the bank of Naf River.
Sensing their presence the smugglers opened fire on the law enforcers forcing them to fire back in self defence, triggering a gunfight, he said.
Later, a team of police led by Teknaf model police outpost sub-inspector Sujit recovered a bullet-hit body, 50,000 yaba pills, a locally made gun from the spot.
The body was sent to Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital for autopsy.