Cox’s Bazar, Nov 12 (UNB) – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested two suspected drug traders along with 14,000Yaba tablets from Panerchhari Bazar area in Ramu upazila on Sunday night.

The arrestees are Md Hashim, 25, son of late Amir Hamza and Khair Hossain, 29, son of Bacha Miah, residents of Shahporir Dwip in Teknaf upazila.

Tipped off, a team of Rab-7, led by Major Md Masud Rana, set up a checkpost on Teknaf-Cox’s Bazar regional road adjacent to Panerchhari Bazar Bridge around 10:15pm.

When the team signaled a Cox’s Bazar bound CNG-run auto-rickshaw to stop, the driver tried to flee away.

However, the team managed to halt the auto-rickshaw  and recovered the Yaba tablets worth Tk 70 lakh searching the vehicle.