Airport Armed Police (AAP) on Saturday arrested a man from Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport for carrying 2,080 contraband yaba pills inside his stomach.

Rapid Action Battalion(RAB) arrested two alleged drug traders and recovered 7,900 Yaba pills and 250 bottles of Phensidyle on Saturday.

Bangladesh Coast guard (BCG) arrested two Rohingya people along with 30,000 contraband yaba tablets from Fishery Ghat of Maddhom Nuniya Chhara in Cox’s Bazar district on Sunday night.

A suspected drug trader was killed in a reported gunfight with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Barua in Khilkhet area of the capital early Tuesday.     The deceased was identified as Anwar Hossain, 34.   Tipped off that a gang of drug peddlers gathered in the area, a Rab team rushed there around 2:10am, said ASP Kamruzzaman, company commander of Rab-1.   Sensing the presence of law enforcers, the drug peddlers opened fire on the Rab members forcing them to fire back in self-defence, he added.   Later, Hossain’s body was recovered from the spot.   The elite force members also recovered 1,950 pieces of Yaba pills, four shooter-guns and 34 cartridges.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Saturday evening arrested a couple reportedly along with a shooter gun and 100 Yaba tablets at Katla village in bordering Birampur upazila.