Assam Youth Arrested in Bangladesh for Peddling Drugs

Guwahati, August 22, 2019:

The Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has arrested an Indian national in Bangladesh for possession of yaba pills.

According to reports, the DB officials unearthed at least two cases in which two Indians were found to have entered Bangladesh and engaged in selling the pills to local dealers.

On August 9, a DB team arrested Indian national identified as Md Abdus Sabur, 34, and two Bangladeshi yaba dealers identified as Shamsul Alam, 28, and Jakir Hossain, 40 at a house in the capital’s Rampura.

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Nearly 10,000 pieces of yaba pills were recovered from their possession by the law enforcers.

Reportedly, the smugglers changed their route in the face of tougher vigilance of law enforcers in Teknaf, known as the gateway of smuggling yaba into the country. Many Indian syndicates are now using Kurigram’s Rowmari border point as a new route for this smuggling.

The smugglers collect the pills from Myanmar and then take them to India’s Assam via Tripura before pushing them into Bangladesh, as per official sources.

The arrested Indian national showed the passport saying he was from Assam. Sabur was a vendor and got involved in yaba trade 3-4 months ago to earn easy money.

“Sabur buys each pill for Tk 45 to Tk 50 and sells it for Tk 65 to Bangladeshi yaba dealers,” said officials.

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