Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have recovered 58,950 pieces of contraband yaba pills worth Tk1.7 crore from an auto-rickshaw while being smuggled to Cox’s Bazar city from Teknaf.
Drug peddler Karima Akhter Ruby, 25, wife of Abdus Shukkur of Sang-Anjumanpara of Ukhia upazila, was detained from the auto-rickshaw, a RAB media release said on Friday.
On a tip-off, RAB-7 members on Thursday set a check post on Cox's Bazar-Teknaf highway in Dakshin Muhuri Para area of Cox's Bazar and started checking vehicles.
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When the woman tried to flee from an auto-rickshaw with a school bag, RAB members held her and found the yaba pills in the bag.
The detainee and the drugs have been handed over to Cox’s Bazar sadar police station for further legal action.