Teknaf, Bangladesh: Two people were arrested and about 200 pieces of banned Yaba tablets were seized from Dumdum Mia by the police, while they were being smuggled to another place, a source from Teknaf said.

The arrested people were identified as Omar Faruk Bappi (28), son of Abu Taher of Bazaar Para and Farzana Akter (24), wife of Feroz Ahmed of Kharangkhali Village under the Cox’s Bazaar district.

They were taken to the Teknaf police station for further investigation, after their arrest.

They were produced in court yesterday and the judge sent them to jail, a close aide of the police of Cox’s Bazaar said.

Although the Bangladeshi authorities, the BDR, the police and other concerned authorities have been trying to stop the inflow of Yaba tablets to Bangladesh from Burma, yet Yaba tablets from Arakan State have been smuggled to Bangladesh through land and waterways, a trader from the Teknaf border area said.

The seized Yaba tablets were brought to Bangladesh from Burma. In Bangladesh, most students are addicted to Yaba tablets and as a result, the Bangladesh Government takes initiatives to punish both sellers and users.