Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have seized 6.72 lakh Yaba tablets in a special operation in the Ukhiya border area of Cox's Bazar.
Acting on a tip-off, a joint patrol team from Balukhali and Palongkhali Border Outposts under Ukhiya Battalion (64 BGB) took position in the Anjumanpara and Faisakhali areas around 9:10pm on Wednesday.
Around 9:30pm, the BGB members, using a thermal imaging device, spotted 7-8 suspected individuals entering Bangladesh from Myanmar.
When the patrol team challenged them, the suspects dropped five sacks they were carrying and fled towards a nearby village.
The BGB members later searched the area and recovered the five abandoned sacks.
A total of 6.72 lakh Yaba tablets were found inside the sacks, packed in blue airtight packets and khaki-coloured packages.
BGB members later conducted further operations in the area to catch the suspects but could not arrest them.
Lt Col Md Zahirul Islam, commanding officer of Ukhiya Battalion, said intelligence surveillance and operations have been strengthened to identify and bring to justice those involved in supplying and smuggling the seized Yaba.