Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Friday claimed to have detained two men from Cox's Bazar's Teknaf upazila on charges of smuggling yaba pills and crystal meth worth around Tk5.91 crore from Myanmar to Bangladesh.
BGB Battalion-2 conducted a drive on the banks of the Naf River near Hnila BOP of the upazila and detained Riaz Uddin, 20, and Saddam Hossain, 19.
Around 1.063kg of crystal meth, 20,000 yaba pills, a boat, and illegal fishing nets were recovered from the possession of the duo, Lt Col Sheikh Khalid Mohammad Iftekhar, commanding officer of BGB Battalion-2, told UNB.
“The detainees were later handed over to Teknaf model police station,” he added.
