Police have arrested two people along with 50,000 Yaba pills in the city’s Baridhara area.
The arrestees were identified as Khairul Bashar, 36, and Saijuddin alias Sharif, 22.
Shahidul Islam, assistant commissioner of Detective Branch of police, said on information that a truck carrying a consignment of Yaba is heading towards Kuril, they conducted a drive at Baridhara around 11:20pm on Tuesday and arrested the duo.
“Law enforcers seized the truck and recovered 50,000 Yaba tablets from it,” he said, adding that the arrestees used to bring Yaba from Teknaf and sell those in different districts, including Dhaka.
A case was filed with Gulshan Model Police Station in this regard.