yaba

Yaba peddling goes digital

Sohel Hossain*, a 48-year-old employee at a private company, has been consuming yaba for the past six years.

Bangladesh caught in a narco triangle

While Bangladesh is not a significant narcotics producer, geography puts it at the heart of three major Asian drug trade routes

Man with Yaba in stomach held at Dhaka airport

A man with around 4180 Yaba tablets kept hidden in his stomach is held at the domestic terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

7 lakh yaba pills recovered from boat in Naf river

Coast guards have recovered seven lakh pieces of contraband yaba pills from a boat in Naf River.

Yaba Trade in Teknaf: Surrender has little impact

The surrender of 102 drug lords on February 16 now seems merely an eyewash as the yaba empire in Teknaf remains mostly intact with some of their family members and paid agents taking care of the illegal trade.

1500 pieces of yaba found inside abandoned body in Dhaka hospital

A total of 1500 pieces of yaba tablets are found inside abandoned body of a woman in Dhaka.

3 held with 8.45 lakh yaba pills

The Rapid Action Battalion-1 yesterday claimed to have arrested three members of a yaba smuggling syndicate which brought the crazy drugs to Dhaka from Myanmar using a new sea route via Patuakhali for the last one year.

3 held with 8 lakh yaba tablets

Rapid Action Battalion claims to have arrested three members of a drug dealing syndicate with eight lakh pieces of yaba in Dhaka.

Youth held with yaba at Dhaka airport

The Airport Armed Police Battalion (AAPBn) arrests a passenger with 2000 yaba pills soon after he lands at the domestic terminal at the airport in Dhaka from Cox’s Bazar.

April 1, 2024
April 1, 2024

Yaba peddling goes digital

Sohel Hossain*, a 48-year-old employee at a private company, has been consuming yaba for the past six years.

November 22, 2022
November 22, 2022

Bangladesh caught in a narco triangle

While Bangladesh is not a significant narcotics producer, geography puts it at the heart of three major Asian drug trade routes

December 31, 2019
December 31, 2019

Man with Yaba in stomach held at Dhaka airport

A man with around 4180 Yaba tablets kept hidden in his stomach is held at the domestic terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

July 26, 2019
July 26, 2019

7 lakh yaba pills recovered from boat in Naf river

Coast guards have recovered seven lakh pieces of contraband yaba pills from a boat in Naf River.

April 9, 2019
April 9, 2019

Yaba Trade in Teknaf: Surrender has little impact

The surrender of 102 drug lords on February 16 now seems merely an eyewash as the yaba empire in Teknaf remains mostly intact with some of their family members and paid agents taking care of the illegal trade.

April 3, 2019
April 3, 2019

1500 pieces of yaba found inside abandoned body in Dhaka hospital

A total of 1500 pieces of yaba tablets are found inside abandoned body of a woman in Dhaka.

April 3, 2019
April 3, 2019

3 held with 8.45 lakh yaba pills

The Rapid Action Battalion-1 yesterday claimed to have arrested three members of a yaba smuggling syndicate which brought the crazy drugs to Dhaka from Myanmar using a new sea route via Patuakhali for the last one year.

April 2, 2019
April 2, 2019

3 held with 8 lakh yaba tablets

Rapid Action Battalion claims to have arrested three members of a drug dealing syndicate with eight lakh pieces of yaba in Dhaka.

March 11, 2019
March 11, 2019

Youth held with yaba at Dhaka airport

The Airport Armed Police Battalion (AAPBn) arrests a passenger with 2000 yaba pills soon after he lands at the domestic terminal at the airport in Dhaka from Cox’s Bazar.

February 18, 2019
February 18, 2019

43 godfathers still at large

Despite the surrender of 102 top narcos in Teknaf, yaba smuggling continues under the supervision of some listed godfathers and hundi traders who recently launched credit sales of the pink pills.