Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested four suspected drug traders along with 100kg hemp from Gazipur’s Sadar police station on Tuesday afternoon. The arrestees are Robiul Hossain, 24, Shapon Miah,20, Yasin Miah,19, and Akram Hossain,19. On information that a consignment of hemp was being taken to Gazipur from Cumilla on a private car, a team of Rab set up a check-post on the road at Harinal Kcha Bazar area under Sadar police station of GMP, said  Noman Ahmed, senior assistant superintendent of police of the Rab-1. Read: 3 arrested for raping, killing mentally-challenged woman in Sylhet When the car reached the check-post, the elite force signaled to stop the car and searched it. Sensing danger, the drug traders tried to flee the scene. However, the team managed to arrest them and recovered the hemp from inside the car. During the drive, 3 mobile phone sets and Tk6,195 in cash were also recovered from their possession.

Bangladesh Coast Guard seized 30,000 yaba pills and arrested five alleged drug traffickers from the River Naf in Cox's Bazar's Teknaf on Monday.

Detectives in a drive arrested five suspected drug traders from the city’s Motijheel area on Saturday.

Three suspected drug traders were killed in a reported gunfight with members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) at Tulatoli in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar district early Thursday.   The deceased were identified as Nur Alam, 45, son of Julur Mulluk, a resident of Konapara Rohingya camp in Bandarban district,  Hamid, 25, a resident of Balukhali Rohingya camp and Najir Hossain, 25, son of Syed Hossain of Kutupalong Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar.   Tipped off, a team of BGB-34 conducted a drive near Goda Bridge around 3:45 am and challenged a group of people numbering 10-12, said Ali Haider Azad Ahmed, commanding officer of BGB-34.   Sensing presence of the border guards, the criminals opened fire on them, forcing them to fire back in self-defense that triggered the gunfight.   After a brief gunfight, the BGB members arrested three criminals with bullet wounds and took them to a local hospital where doctors declared them dead.   Two BGB men were also injured during the gunfight, he said.   Three lakh  Yaba pills, two pipe guns and five cartridges were recovered from the spot.

Rangpur Metropolitan Police (detective branch) in a drive arrested two alleged drug peddlers with Yaba tablets from Dhap area in the city on Tuesday.  

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Wednesday said 106 drug traders have so far been killed in anti-narcotics drives conducted by Rapid Action Battalion (Rab).

Two suspected Rohingya drug traders were killed in a reported gunfight with members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) at Palongkhali in Ukhiya upazila early Monday.