Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel arrested a man carrying 5,000 pieces of yaba tablets at the Link road area in Cox’s Bazar on Sunday morning.
The arrestee was identified as Nagu Mia, 27, son of late Ikhlas Mia of Sandelipara in Hnila union under the district’s Teknaf upazila.
Major Sarwar-e-Alam said, acting on a tip-off they conducted a drive and arrested Nagu with the yaba from the Link road area around 11:30am.
Rab also seized the CNG-run auto rickshaw, which was carrying Nagu.
A case was filed with Cox’s Bazar Model police station in connection with the incident.
