Yaba pills
Explainer: What happens to an area declared a drug-prone zone?
Once an area is declared a drug-prone zone, a taskforce will be formed with DNC and other law enforcement agencies involved in drug control. A list will be made of drug dealers, money launderers using drug money and the accused in drug-related cases, he added.
University student arrested for peddling yaba at her flat: Rab
She used to bring yaba to Dhaka from the areas near the border with Myanmar and sell those at the flat
Swallowing yaba for a living
It takes around 4 hours to swallow 54 small packets of yaba for 41-year-old Josna Khatun. Each packet contains 50 pills.
Man held with 1.48 lakh Yaba pills in Chattogram
Police in a drive arrested a man and recovered 148,000 pieces of yaba pills from a fishing trawler at Old Kalurghat area in Chandgaon of Chattogram city today.
2,280 yaba pills recovered from man’s stomach at Dhaka airport
Airport Armed Police Battalion (AAPBn) detains one person with 2,280 yaba pills hidden inside his stomach at the domestic terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
HC wants fresh charge sheet in yaba recovery case
High Court (HC) has termed a charge sheet as “defective” in a case filed over recovery of 49,000 yaba tablets in Narayanganj last year.
7 lakh yaba pills seized from boat
Coast Guards members yesterday recovered seven lakh pieces of contraband yaba pills from a boat in the Naf River of Teknaf early yesterday.
Drug peddlers held with yaba inside shoes
Three including two women have been arrested in Mymensingh city who were carrying yaba tablets inside their shoes.
Man held with 920 yaba tablets at Dhaka airport
A man has been arrested with yaba tablets at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, Airport Armed Police Battalion (AAPBn) has said.
CID constable held with 990 yaba pills
A constable of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and one of his associates were held with 990 yaba pills from Savar, on the outskirts of the capital, on Thursday evening.
46,000 yaba pills found in gas cylinders
Detectives on Friday night arrested two persons on charge of transporting around 46,000 yaba pills hidden inside gas cylinders.
Yaba Trade in Teknaf: Surrender has little impact
The surrender of 102 drug lords on February 16 now seems merely an eyewash as the yaba empire in Teknaf remains mostly intact with some of their family members and paid agents taking care of the illegal trade.
The rise of the rogues
From political leaders to businessmen, fish traders to poultry farm owners and brickfield workers to tailors -- the professions of 102 yaba godfathers and dealers who surrendered to police on February 16 are as varied as their age.
Crazy pills spill via new routes
A new strategy of yaba smuggling, involving fresh routes and hundi traders, has been at work since the surrender of 102 godfathers and dealers in Cox's Bazar in February.
Choppers may be used to smuggle yaba
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has asked private helicopter operators “to be more cautious” after receiving information that choppers were being used for smuggling yaba pills.
3 held with 8.45 lakh yaba pills
The Rapid Action Battalion-1 yesterday claimed to have arrested three members of a yaba smuggling syndicate which brought the crazy drugs to Dhaka from Myanmar using a new sea route via Patuakhali for the last one year.
4.55 lakh yaba pills recovered in Teknaf
Bangladesh Coast Guard claims to have recovered 4.55 lakh pieces of contraband yaba pills in Teknaf upazila.
Novel trick, indeed!
Amid ongoing drives against yaba, drug peddlers are coming up with new techniques to carry the crazy pills.
BGB seizes 1.20 lakh yaba pills
The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) yesterday seized around 1.20 lakh yaba pills from Alir Dail area in Teknaf upazila early in the morning, just a couple of days after controversial former lawmaker Abdur Rahman Bodi's “strong warning” against yaba traders.
