Cox’s Bazar Correspondent: Police seized five thousand pieces of Yaba along with CNG in Cox’s Bazar. They were seized at the checkpost at Nayapara under the Teknaf police station on Cox’s Bazar-Teknaf regional highway.
Qayyum Uddin Chowdhury, officer-in-charge of Highway Police Comilla Region’s Hoikang Highway Police Station, confirmed the matter at around 11:30 on Saturday (September 21).
He said that when the CNG was signaled to stop at the checkpost at Nayapara under Teknaf police station on the Cox’s Bazar-Teknaf regional highway, the CNG vehicle disobeyed the signal and sped away. I chased after the CNG as I doubted it. At one point, the driver left the CNG on the road at a place called Minabazar Murapara under Teknaf police station and ran away.
After searching the CNG, under the driver’s seat, 25 blue airtight packets, 200 pieces in each packet, and 5000 pieces of Yaba tablets were found, wrapped in a black polythene in a special way, he said.
He also said that the estimated value of Yaba in CNG is three lakh rupees. A case is being filed against the absconding CNG driver.
