Airport Armed Police (AAP) Battalion detained two alleged drug traders along with 2289 Yaba pills at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Monday.
The arrestee were identified as Nahid Shikder, 23, and Abdul Mannan Khan.
Additional superintendent of police of AAP, Ziaul Haque, said, they landed in Dhaka on a domestic flight from Cox’s Bazar around 7:25 pm.
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Tipped off, police were on position and detained them separately, he said.
They recovered 937 and 1,452 Yaba pills from Abdul Mannan and Nahid Shikder respectively, he added.
Preparation to file separate cases against them under the Narcotics Control Act at the airport police station is underway.