Rohingya man held with 10,000 yaba pills

Members of Rapid Action Battalion yesterday held a Rohingya man with 10,000 yaba pills in Kutupalong Refugee Camp of Cox’s Bazar early yesterday.

The arrestee is Shafiul Alam, said Mahmudul Hasan Mamun, assistant director (media) of RAB-15.

According to the Rab official, they conducted a raid in the camp area on information that a group of drug peddlers gathered there.

During the raid, Rab found Shafiul roaming around with the yaba pills in a shopping bag, he claimed, adding that they later handed him over to Ukhiya Police Station.

Abul Monsur, officer-in-charge of Ukhiya Police Station, said a case was filed with the police station in this connection.

The accused was also sent to jail yesterday, he added.