Members of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested a driver and helper of a long-route bus along with 29,500 Yaba tablets from Jatrabari of the city early Tuesday.
The arrestees are driver Monir Hossain, 38, and his helper Nobin Hossain, 24.
Acting on a tip-off, members of CTTC's Special Action Group challenged an air-conditioned 'Royal Paribahan' bus coming from Cox's Bazar near Speedboat CNG Filling Station around 4:15am, said DMP Deputy Commissioner (Media) Masudur Rahman.
Searching the bus, the law enforcers recovered 29,500 Yaba tablets and arrested the driver and the helper, he said.
A case was filed with Jatrabari Police Station in this connection, reports UNB.