Yaba found for the first time in Bandarban’s remote Tindu area

Border Guard Bangladesh officials found Yaba pills for the first time in remote Tindu area of Bandarban's Thanchi upazila yesterday.

BGB officials also arrested Aung Thui Ching Marma (45) with 10,000 Yaba pills from the area in this connection yesterday, according to a press release issued to media.

Lt Col Muhammad Sanbir Hasan Majumder, commander of BGB (Bolipara zone) confirmed that they found Yaba for the first time in this area.

"We raided an engine boat headed towards Chotomadhu from Thanchi and arrested Aung with the Yaba pills," the BGB official said.

The arrestee was handed over to Thanchi Police Station today.