5 Rohingya women held with Yaba

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained five Rohingya women and seized 7,924 Yaba tablets worth around Tk 23.77 lakh from theoe possession in Nhila union of Teknaf uapzila on Sunday night.

The detainees are Solemon Khatun, 30, Hamida, 35, Nasima Khatun, 30, Setara Begum, 18, and Dildar, 30. They hail from different villages of Horipara upazila in Akiya district of Myanmar, said Lt Col Abujar Al Zahid, commander of BGB-2 Battalion in Teknaf.