Seven arrested with 44,500 Yaba pills

Seven people were arrested with 44,500 Yaba tablets in Feni and Chittagong yesterday.

In Feni, Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested three people with 30,000 Yaba pills after searching a bus in Madhyam Rampur area on Dhaka-Chittagong highway.

The arrestees are Nazrul Islam, 57, the bus driver; Jahangir Alam, 35, its superviser; and Ashraful Islam, 35, the driver's helper, says a press release.

In Chittagong, Department of Narcotics Control officials detained five people with 14,500 Yaba pills in Pahartali area.

They are Abu Sayed, 55, Ali Hossen, 45, Gias Uddin, 26, Nurul Islam, 28, and Abul Kashem, 40, said DNC sources.

Meanwhile, Rab arrested three people with 396 bottles of Phensedyl in the city's Akbar Shah area yesterday.

The three -- Akbar Hossain alias Ratan, 24, Kawsar, 21, and Nurul Amin, 24 -- were in a car, said Rab.

[Our correspondents from Chittagong contributed to the report]