Police arrested a female Awami League (AL) leader reportedly along with 1,925 Yaba pills from Cox's Bazar Airport on Tuesday afternoon.
The arrestee was identified as Khurshida Karim, former women affairs secretary of Ukhia upazila AL and former member of Haldiapalong union parishad.
She also contested the upazila parishad election for vice-chairman post from the ruling party, reports UNB.
Farid Uddin Khandakar, officer-in-charge of Cox's Model Police Station, said the Yaba pills were found at the vanity bag of Khurshida around 4:15pm while he was entering the airport for going to Dhaka.
