5 lakh yaba tablets seized at Ctg port
Law enforcers seize 76,000 contraband yaba tablets and detain one person in this connection from Rankin Street in capital’s Wari. Star file photo
The members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) seized around five lakh yaba tablets from a fishing boat at the outer anchorage of Chittagong Port last night.
The elite force also detained seven people on charge of smuggling, our Chittagong correspondent reports quoting the Miftah Uddin Ahmed, commanding officer (CO) of Rab-7.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. On information, a team of Rab-7 raided the fishing boat named MT Hena at the outer anchorage around 11:30pm and recovered the tablets from the hidden chambers of two water tanks on the boats, the CO said.
Identities of the detainees could not be known immediately.
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