30,500 yaba pills recovered, two held in Ctg

Members of elite force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-7) have arrested two people with 30,500 contraband yaba pills from the port city's Bakalia area yesterday.

"The duo were held from the Shah Amanat Bridge area of Bakalia while coming towards the city on a salt-laden truck," Flight Lieutenant Ali Ashraf Tushar said.

The arrestees are truck driver Shahidul Islam (44) and helper Arman Ali (22).

Upon being tipped-off, a team of Rab intercepted the truck and detained them, the official said. After interrogation, the duo admitted to carrying the yaba pills. Later, 30,500 pills concealed inside the truck were seized from their possession.