Members of Border Guard (BGB) detained a drug peddler with one lakh yaba pills worth Tk 3 crore from Ukhiya upazila in Cox’s Bazar early Sunday.
The detainee was identified as Nasir Uddin, 39, of the upazila.
According to a media release of BGB, a patrol team of BGB-34, tipped off, detained Nasir conducting a drive at his home in Koroibuniya of Ratnapalang UP around 2am.
The street value of the seized yaba pills is around Tk 3 crore, said the release.
The detainee was handed over to Ukhiya police station under a drugs case.
There are four more fugitives accused in the case, it added.