Yaba worth Tk 3.20cr seized in Ctg, 2 held

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members arrested two people with 80,000 yaba tablets worth around Tk 3.20 crore in Chittagong city early today.

Jashimuddin Rana, 36, and Md Jakir, 27, were detained at Nimtola Bishwaroad while they were on way to Comilla, reports our Chittagong correspondent.

Acting on a tip-off, the elite force members intercepted a pick-up van on a road of the area around 1:00am and found Rana and Jakir with the yaba tablets, Sohel Mahmud, assistant director of Rab-7, told our correspondent.

Later they seized the tablets from their possession, the Rab official said.