A total of 9,970 Yaba tablets worth around Tk 30 lakh were seized by Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel from a boat on the estuary of Naf River near Sabrang union in Cox's Bazar district yesterday.
Three men on the boat, arriving from Myanmar, jumped and swam away on seeing the approaching BGB patrol boat around 5:00am, said BGB sources.
A case was being filed in this connection.