On secret information, a team of Rab-7 raided a bus near Karnaphuli Shah Amanat Bridge in the early hours and seized some 2.4 lakh Yaba pills, said Mashkur Rahman, assistant director of Rab-7.
Later, they arrested the six inmates of the bus in this connection.
The arrestees are Md Atiar Rahman, 55, Md Masud Rana, 31, Md Bablu, 47, Md Iqbal Hossain, 37, Md Jewel, 39, Md Aminur Rahman Sumon, 23, hailing from Jashore, Rajshahi and Satkhira districts.
The picnickers from Jashore were going to Cox’s Bazar and of them, the six were carrying Yaba tablets, said Rab official at a press conference.
The Rab members conducted drive at another picnic bus heading for Noakhali from Cox’s Bazar at Shikalbaha under Karnaphuli Police Station of the city around 7pm and recovered 19,000 Yaba pills from it.
They also arrested Rubel Hossain Mona, 28, and Amir Hossain, 42, over the Yaba recovery, said Mashkur Rahman.