Yaba pills
‘Robber’ killed in ‘gunfight’ with Rab in Gazipur
A suspected robber was killed in a 'gunfight' with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Satchungipar in Sreepur upazila of Gazipur district early Sunday.
The deceased was identified as Parvez Ahmed, ringleader of inter-district robber gang.
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Pervez was wanted in 23 criminal cases, said Mushfiqul Rahim Tushar, assistant director of Rab-1 (media).
Tipped off, a team of Rab-1 conducted an anti-narcotics drive in the area around 1 am.
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Sensing the presence of the Rab personnel, Parvez and his two associates opened fire on Rab men, forcing them to fire back.
At one stage, Pervez was caught in the line of fire and died on the spot while the two others managed to flee the scene.
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The elite force members recovered one pistol and some Yaba pills from the spot
Later, the body was taken to Shaheed Tajuddin Medical College and Hospital.
Man held with 9k Yaba pills at Dhaka airport
A passenger travelling to Saudi Arabia was arrested at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the early hours of Wednesday for allegedly trying to smuggle out drugs.
Some 9,000 pieces of yaba (also known as the madness drug) have been seized from the possession of the accused, identified as Saddam, officials said.
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Additional Superintendent of Airport Armed Police Ziaul Haque said Saddam wanted to smuggle out the yaba tablets to Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
"Saddam was supposed to take a Salam Air flight to Saudi Arabia. Our sleuths detected the drugs inside his checked-in luggage during routine frisking. A thorough search later helped us seize the drugs," he said.
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During interrogation, the accused told cops that he had collected 8,950 pieces of yaba from a person in Cumilla and was supposed to deliver the same to a man in Dammam.
Earlier too, Saddam was booked under the Narcotics Act, officials said.
‘Arms, drugs recovered’ from Arani mayor’s house: wife, nephews held
Police in a drive arrested two people, including the wife of Arani municipality mayor Muktar Ali, and recovered ‘arms and Yaba pills’ from his residence in Bagha upazila of Rajshahi district on Tuesday night.
Rubel Ahmed, assistant superintendent (Charghat circle) of police, said Muktar Ali along with his associates attacked the house of Monwar Hossain Majnu, a local Awami League leader, on Tuesday night and assaulted Majnu.
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After Majnu lodged a complaint, police from Bagha Station raided Muktar’s house and recovered four foreign-made pistols, Tk 94.98 lakh cash, some Yaba pills and liquor.
Police then arrested Muktar’s wife Jasmine Akhter and his nephews Shanto Islam and Sohan Ali.
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They, however, could not arrest Muktar as he fled the scene.
4 held with 44,000 yaba pills in Dhaka
Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Sunday arrested four members of a narcotics ring with 44,000 pieces of contraband yaba pills from the capital's Khilgaon.
The arrestees were identified as Md Sujon, 30, Md Mosharaf Hossain, 40, Md Ashraf Ali, 26, and Md Jahirul Islam, 31.
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Policemen nabbed the four from the Banashree area during a drive and also seized a truck, used for carrying narcotics, from them, said Assistant Commissioner of DB Madhusudan Das.
"A case has been filed with Khilgaon Police Station in connection with the incident," he added.
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"The arrestees would transport yaba pills to Dhaka from Cox's Bazar in a special chamber created on the roof of the driving seat of the truck," Madhusudan said.
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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.
1.7m yaba worth over Tk 50 crore, Tk 1.71cr cash recovered in Cox’s Bazar
Four men were arrested after police recovered over 1.7 million pieces of yaba tablets and Tk 1.71 crore in Cox’s Bazar on Tuesday.
Dhaka airport: Man held with 2,000-plus yaba tablets inside stomach
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.
5 ‘drug dealers’ held with Yaba pills in city
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) have arrested five alleged drug dealers and seized 31,860 yaba pills from the city’s Uttara and Sutrapur areas.
Policeman shot during anti-narcotics drive in Rayerbazar
A law enforcer was shot near Rayerbazar Police Outpost in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur during an anti-drug drive on early Thursday.
38,900 yaba pills seized at Dhaka airport
Mohammad Marufur Rahman, deputy commissioner (Preventive) of Customs, said that the team seized the yaba pills worth Tk1.16 crore from a consignment of 349 cartons of ready-made garments around 10:30am.
No one was arrested in this connection.
A case is being filed in the regard, said the official.
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