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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.
BGB member arrested with 480 yaba pills
A Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) member was arrested from Sadarghat area in the capital with 480 pieces of yaba pills on Sunday night.
2 held while carrying yaba in stomach
Detectives arrest two yaba traders from the city’s Uttar Khan area while they are carrying 2000 pieces of yaba tablets in their stomachs.
A great cover!
It seems drug dealers never run out of options to dodge law enforcers.
Yaba dealers using kids as mules
Yaba traders are adopting new techniques every day to bring the pills to the capital. They are now using mostly homeless children, aged between 10 and 15 years, as drug mules. They pay the children to take the risks.
Cox's Bazar's 'Yaba Village': Paid agents now running the show
One would be mesmerised by the duplex mansions by the 13km road between Teknaf Zero Point and Shah Porir Island. Most of the mansions are in the middle of farmland, forest or just beside the road.
Yaba Trade in Cox's Bazar: Situation changes, so does strategy
With law enforcers locking up listed drug dealers and smugglers, new groups are filling their shoes adopting generous marketing strategies, including sales on credit. They are also using new routes to smuggle in yaba from Myanmar.
Novel trick, indeed!
Amid ongoing drives against yaba, drug peddlers are coming up with new techniques to carry the crazy pills.
Magical way to get rich
Take a trip down the Cox's Bazar-Teknaf highway, and you cannot miss the eye-catching duplex building by the main road near Leda station.
5 ‘drug traders’ held in Kadamtoli
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claims arrest of five drug traders from Dhaka’s Kadamtoli area.
Six caught with 40,000 yaba pills
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) yesterday detained six people in possession of 40,000 yaba pills from inside a microbus in the city's Golapbag area.