3 APBn men arrested with yaba tablets

Three members of the Armed Police Battalion (APBn) posted at a Rohingya camp in Ukhiya were sent to jail yesterday after they got arrested with 1,954 yaba pills and fake money.

They were also charged for asking a Rohingya leader to sell yaba pills.

APBn-8 Sub-Inspector Sohag and constables Miraz and Nazim Uddin were arrested on Thursday night in their room at Tanjimarkhola Camp-13, said APBn-8 Captain Shihab Kaiser Khan.

"The arrestees used to steal a portion of the pills seized at different times in the camp. Then they forced the local Rohingya people to sell them," he added.

There were complaints that SI Sohag, who was in charge of the camp security, had been asking Mohammad Ekram, 38, a Rohingya community leader, to sell yaba pills for the last few days.

An APBn team on Thursday night searched the room of the accused in the APBn living quarters and found the pills.

He added that departmental action will be taken against them.

The arrestees were handed over to Ukhiya Police Station, said Officer-in-Charge Sanjur Morshed, adding that a court later sent them to jail yesterday.