3 held with Yaba tablets in city

Rab members recovered 10,000 contraband Yaba pills and arrested three alleged drug traders from the city's Mohammadpur Townhall kitchen market area on Thursday evening.

The arrestees are: Md Belal Daria, 26, Alamgir Hossain, 23, and Mahbubur Rahman, 24.

Based on information, a team of Rab-2 battalion conducted a drive at Mohammadpur Townhall kitchen market at 6:15pm. Sensing the presence of the law enforcers, the trio tried to flee, said Assistant Director (Media) of Rab-2 Md Saiful Malik.

During preliminary interrogation, the drug traders revealed that they bring yaba from Cox's Bazar and then supply those to different areas in Dhaka, he said.