Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested a suspected drug trader along with 13,430 pieces of Yaba pills from a hotel in Chattogram’s Station Road area under Kotwali thana on Friday night.
The arrestee is Shafiqul Islam, 22, son of Abdus Salam, hailing from Teknaf upazila in Cox's Bazar.
Being informed, a team of RAB-7 raided the 1st floor of eight-storey hotel at around 10:15pm and arrested Shafiqul, UNB reported citing a RAB press release.
After searching his body and travel bag, the law enforcers recovered the Yaba pills worth Tk 6.72 million.