Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered two lakh Yaba tablets after a ‘shootout with drug traffickers’ near the maritime border on Naf River in Teknaf of Cox’s Bazar.
Lt Col Sheikh Khalid Mohammad Iftekhar, captain of the BGB Teknaf-2 battalion, said based on a tip-off that a large shipment of drugs was coming in from Myanmar on Friday night. BGB conducted a raid in Shashmanghat area of Nhila Union around 9pm on Friday.
He said a wooden boat carrying three to four individuals crossed the zero line on the Naf River. The boat reached the river bank and was unloading some sacks when the BGB personnel ordered them to halt.
A BGB guard then fired blanks to get the boat to stop as the driver of the boat attempted to flee.
The drug traffickers then returned fire at the BGB patrol team. The boat carrying the drug traffickers eventually reached Myanmar waters near Naffora Island.
However, the border guards were unable to apprehend any of the drug traffickers as they fled the scene, the official said.
They recovered two plastic sacks containing two lakh Yaba tablets,” Lt Col Iftekhar said.
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