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DB arrests 3; seizes 5,000 Yaba tablets
Greenwatch Desk
Crime
2025-09-11, 11:23pm
Detectives have arrested three suspected drug peddlers with 5,000 Yaba tablets from the Kaptanbazar area in the capital on Thursday.
The arrestees have been identified as Ehsan Ullah, 40, Abdul Gafur, 50, and Md Sabir, 37.
Acting on a tip-off, a team from the Illegal Arms Recovery and Narcotics Control Unit conducted the drive around 8:45 AM on Thursday, said Talebur Rahman, Deputy Commissioner (Media) of the DMP.
During the operation, the trio was arrested and 5,000 Yaba tablets were recovered from their possession.
The arrestees are active members of an organised drug syndicate and, during primary interrogation, admitted to collecting Yaba tablets from Cox’s Bazar and distributing them across different areas of Dhaka.
A case has been filed under the Narcotics Control Act with Wari Police Station, reports UNB.
The arrestees have been sent to court.