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BGB’s Teknaf Battalion has recovered 70,000 pieces of yaba pills worth Tk 2.1 crore foiling an attempt to smuggle the drugs from Myanmar to Bangladesh.
After a tip-off yaba is being smuggled from Myanmar to Bangladesh through the border river Naf near the Damdamiya BOP, a BGB patrol team took position.
At around 10 pm two people were seen crossing the river with a bag. When the patrol team challenged the two, they tossed the bag into the river and jumped in the water. They then crossed the zero line into Myanmar, said a BGB media release.
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The patrol team later recovered the bag containing the drug.
The two men have been identified as Md. Hasan Abdullah, 38, and Md. Yusuf, 28.
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Preparations are being made to hand over the tablets to Teknaf police station and file a case against the accused.