2 smugglers held with 1.20 lakh yaba tablets

Detectives arrested two smugglers along with 120,000 pieces of yaba in Demra area of Dhaka last night.

The arrestees Md Ayub, 25, and Md Hossain, 26, were smuggling the tablets to India from Myanmar via Bangladesh, Monirul Islam, joint commissioner of Detective Branch of Police, said at a press briefing today.

Acting on a tip off, a team of DB conducted a drive in Amulia area last night and arrested the duo with the yaba tablets, Monirul added while briefing at the media centre of Dhaka Metropolitan Police this morning.