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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.
HC rule for action against four cops for selling yaba
The High Court issues a rule asking the government to explain in four weeks why it should not be directed to immediately take departmental action against four police officers including the superintendent of Cox’s Bazar police on charge of selling around 10 lakh yaba pills to drug traders.
Yaba coming in via new route
Drug dealers are now smuggling yaba from Myanmar into Bangladesh through the Indian border with three districts in greater Sylhet using Mizoram, Meghalaya and Assam as the conduit route.
4 killed in 'shootouts'
Two alleged drug peddlers and two suspected robbers were killed in separate incidents of “shootouts” in three districts early yesterday.
'Yaba couple' captured
Farhana Akhtar alias Papia married a drug dealer when she was just a teenager. She learnt the ins and outs of the illicit business pretty soon and expanded its network, especially by recruiting females.
Anti-Drug Raids: Three more killed in 'gunfights'
Three more alleged drug peddlers were killed in “gunfights” in Rangpur, Thakurgaon and Dinajpur districts early yesterday amid the ongoing nationwide anti-narcotics drive.
Anti-narcotics Drive: 75 held in capital's Jatrabari, Mirpur
A total of 75 people were arrested by police in separate anti-narcotics drives at Jatrabari and Mirpur area yesterday, increasing the tally of arrests in the drive to around 400 over the last three days.
A war that might not go anywhere
We are talking about the body counts -- the deaths in “gunfights” in the current anti-drug war. After all, we are now witnessing the bloodiest anti-crime drive with death tolls already surpassing that of the Operation Clean Heart (57 deaths) or even the anti-militant drive after the Gulshan attack (80 deaths).
Small or not, all had links with big guns
With the blessing of a top ruling party leader of the upazila and greasing the palms of policemen every month, Sabdul Mondol of Kaliganj in Jhenidah had run the illegal business for the last one decade, said locals and relatives.
YABA out of control
It's now a national crisis. The influx of deadly yaba appears to have gone beyond control despite efforts by law enforcement agencies to contain it.
Source of sickness
Abir* first tried yaba out of curiosity with one of his neighbours. Eight years later, he is now fully addicted to the drug, having taken it regularly for the past seven years.