A total of three persons, with possession of 3,800 pieces of yaba tablets, were arrested by the police yesterday from Firingi Bazar and Pahartali areas in Chittagong city.
The arrestees were Safiqul Islam Safi, 25, Md Riaz, 24, from Bhola and Rasheduzzaman Rashed, 30, from Jessore district, said police sources.
Sub-Inspector Sanjay Kumar of Kotwali police station said a patrol police barred a CNG-run autorickshaw on Mariner Road at Firingi Bazar area around 5am. Police seized 800 pieces of yaba from Safiqul and Riaz after searching them.
The duo had collected the yaba tablets from Shah Amanat Bridge area and were carrying the drugs for Bhola, said the SI adding that in primary investigation they admitted that they had been peddling yaba from Chittagong to Bhola for a long time.
Officer-in-Charge KM Azizur Rahman of Pahartali police station said acting on tip-off police conducted another drive and stopped a CNG-run autorickshaw at DT Road area of Pahartali which was carrying Rasheduzzaman Rashed.
Police seized 3,000 pieces of yaba from Rashed’s possession that was kept inside a biscuit’s packet, added the OC.
Two separate cases were filed in these connections with Kotwali and Pahartali police stations.