Suspected ringleader held in Anwara as Rab probes a syndicate operating between Cox’s Bazar and Chattogram

Firearms and yaba recovered during arrest, says BGB in press release

Party expels him permanently

Around 1.5 crore yaba pills seized over the past two years, he says

Sohel Hossain*, a 48-year-old employee at a private company, has been consuming yaba for the past six years.

While Bangladesh is not a significant narcotics producer, geography puts it at the heart of three major Asian drug trade routes

A man with around 4180 Yaba tablets kept hidden in his stomach is held at the domestic terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

Coast guards have recovered seven lakh pieces of contraband yaba pills from a boat in Naf River.

The surrender of 102 drug lords on February 16 now seems merely an eyewash as the yaba empire in Teknaf remains mostly intact with some of their family members and paid agents taking care of the illegal trade.

A total of 1500 pieces of yaba tablets are found inside abandoned body of a woman in Dhaka.

The Rapid Action Battalion-1 yesterday claimed to have arrested three members of a yaba smuggling syndicate which brought the crazy drugs to Dhaka from Myanmar using a new sea route via Patuakhali for the last one year.

Rapid Action Battalion claims to have arrested three members of a drug dealing syndicate with eight lakh pieces of yaba in Dhaka.

The Airport Armed Police Battalion (AAPBn) arrests a passenger with 2000 yaba pills soon after he lands at the domestic terminal at the airport in Dhaka from Cox’s Bazar.

Despite the surrender of 102 top narcos in Teknaf, yaba smuggling continues under the supervision of some listed godfathers and hundi traders who recently launched credit sales of the pink pills.

A Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) member was arrested from Sadarghat area in the capital with 480 pieces of yaba pills on Sunday night.

Detectives arrest two yaba traders from the city’s Uttar Khan area while they are carrying 2000 pieces of yaba tablets in their stomachs.

It seems drug dealers never run out of options to dodge law enforcers.

Yaba traders are adopting new techniques every day to bring the pills to the capital. They are now using mostly homeless children, aged between 10 and 15 years, as drug mules. They pay the children to take the risks.

One would be mesmerised by the duplex mansions by the 13km road between Teknaf Zero Point and Shah Porir Island. Most of the mansions are in the middle of farmland, forest or just beside the road.

With law enforcers locking up listed drug dealers and smugglers, new groups are filling their shoes adopting generous marketing strategies, including sales on credit. They are also using new routes to smuggle in yaba from Myanmar.