The Rapid Action Battalion arrested two people with about 80,000 pieces of Yaba pills from Nimtala-Biswa Road area in Chittagong city early yesterday. The two had smuggled 300,000 yaba pills before Eid-ul-Fitr, according to the RAB.
Police arrested Md Jakir, 26, and Jasim Uddin Rana, 35, seven months back, but then they were released from jail and got indulged in yaba trading.
“They are the cohorts of notorious drug peddler Jahidul Islam alias Alo who was arrested with 235,000 yaba pills, one foreign pistol, bullets and a car from Halishahar area in the port city on December 26 last year”, said Lieutenant Colonel Mifta Uddin, commanding officer of RAB 7, at a press briefing.
He said following a tip off a team of the elite forces intercepted a Dhaka-bound -pick up van in the area under Bandar police station.
Later, searching the dash board of the vehicle, RAB personnel found 80,000 pieces of contraband yaba tablets worth of Tk3.20 crore and detained the duo, said the RAB high official adding that during the drive RAB members also recovered Tk1.51 lakh in cash from their possession.
Earlier, the same group had sent two huge consignments of yaba containing around 180,000 pieces of contraband drugs respectively from Chittagong to Dhaka boarding at the same pick-up van before Eid, he said.
The RAB official said after coming out on the bail, the trio have got engaged the same business again while Alo is the mastermind of the drug peddling.
“Alo leads the gang while the two were carrying the drug items and reached it to the other peddlers safely. The elite force, however, was trying to arrest Alo in this regard while he is on the run after the incident, Lt Colonel Mifta said.
Mifta also said RAB 7 has recovered around 256,0263 pieces of Yaba pills conducting drives in last seven months.
The legislative processes were under processing against the drug smugglers.
It is mentionable that RAB had busted a yaba-ring by arresting Jahidul Islam Alo and his two associates from his residence Halishahar area on December 26 in 2014 along with huge yaba, arms and cash. Later a case was filed against them on following day with Halishahar police station in this connection.
