Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized one lakh Yaba pills from Palongkhali in Cox’s Bazar early Sunday.
Tipped off, a team of BGB-34 conducted a drive in the area and challenged some people while they were trying to enter the country from Myanmar around 2 am.
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Sensing presence of the border guards, the smugglers managed to flee the scene leaving behind the bags.
Later, the BGB men seized the Yaba pills worth Tk 3 crore from the spot.