The Chittagong Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) yesterday arrested a journalist and his wife with 40,000 pieces of yaba from Firingi Bazar area under Kotwali police station of the port city.
The two arrestees were Mohammad Selim, 32 and Munni Akhter, 27.
Selim works as the Cox’s Bazar district correspondent of Gazi Television (GTV) – a private television channel.
He is also the acting editor of a vernacular daily Cox’s Bazar Barta.
Deputy Director of Chittagong DNC Ali Aslam Hossain said a team arrested the couple when they were headed to Dhaka from Cox’s Bazar on a microbus.
“After receiving a tip-off, we intercepted the microbus when it was crossing Mariners Road. Later, we conducted a search and seized the yaba pills which were hidden in a luggage,” said the deputy director.