Bangladesh: Yaba seized at Teknaf

Dhaka, July 7, 2014 (New Age): The Border Guard Bangladesh seized 1.7 lakh pieces of Yaba from a fishing boat from the River Naff at Shahparirdip Island of Teknaf upazila Sunday morning. The market price of the seized drugs would be more than Tk 5 crore, BGB officials said. BGB-42 commanding officer Lieutenant Colonel AbuJar Al Jahid said the fishing boat was coming through the river Naff from Myanmar water body at about 11:00am. A BGB team challenged the boat at Sahaporirdip point, but the boat was trying to crossing Bangladesh water body quickly. The BGB then opened fire on the boat and seized it. However, crews of the boat managed to flee by jumping into the river and swam ashore to Myanmar territory.