The Rapid Action Battalion on Thursday evening arrested man suspected of trading in drug substances at Uttara in the capital in possession of about 18,000 pieces of Yaba tablets.
A joint team of the battalion and the narcotics control department raided a Chinese restaurant and arrested Abdus Sakur Mahmud, 44, about 7:00pm, battalion officials said at a press conference at the RAB headquarters.
The battalion personnel searched the bag he was holding and found the Yaba tablets, a combination of methamphetamine and caffeine, inside it.
This was the second largest haul of Yaba tablets by the battalion after the 2007 incident in which the battalion seized 1.2 lakh Yaba tablets at Gulshan in the capital and arrested a man involved in the manufacturing of the tablets.
The battalion's legal and media wing director Commander M Shohail at the briefing said that the arrested had given them important information on Yaba trade.
The battalion said that Mahmud had admitted that he had traded in Yaba for a long time and he would bring four to five consignments of Yaba tablets in Dhaka from Teknaf every month.
According to a report of RAB intelligent wing, at least 1,373 people have so far been arrested by the battalion over trading in Yaba.
A process was under way to file a case in this connection, the battalion said.
Source: New Age
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