Members of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained a Rohingya man along with 1.06kg of crystal methamphetamine, also known as ice, from Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar early on Thursday.
The detainee is Shahidul Islam, 22, a resident of Jadimora refugee camp in Teknaf.
According to a media release of the BGB, tipped off, a team of BGB Teknaf (BGB-2) detained Shahidul with crystal meth worth Tk5.30 crore as he was trying to smuggle those into the country from Myanmar around 3am.
The detainee was later turned over to Teknaf police.
