Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has recovered over 1 lakh yaba pills during a special operation at the Jaruliacchhari border area in Naikhongchhari upazila of Bandarban on Friday morning.
The operation was conducted at around 7:30am under the directive of the battalion commander by a special patrol team of Jaruliacchhari Border Outpost (BOP) under Naikhongchhari Battalion (11 BGB).
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During the patrol, the team conducted the raid in Poabun area, approximately 200 yards inside Bangladesh territory from border pillar 46/4-S. Sensing the presence of the patrol team, smugglers fled towards nearby hilly forest leaving behind two bags.
Later, the abandoned bags were searched and a total of 1,00,841 pieces of yaba tablets were recovered. The estimated seizure value of the drugs is Tk 3,02,52,300.
Lieutenant Colonel Md Foyzul Kabir, commanding officer of Naikhongchhari Battalion (11 BGB), said BGB operations are being conducted continuously to ensure border security, prevent smuggling and human trafficking, control illegal infiltration, recover illegal arms, and curb drug trafficking and to implement the government’s “zero tolerance” policy against drugs, while strict surveillance and intelligence activities continue along the border areas.