Teknaf, Nov 16 (V7N) – The Coast Guard has seized 410,000 yaba tablets during an operation in the Naf River in Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar, with an estimated market value of Tk 20 crore 50 lakh.

Lieutenant Commander Sabbir Alam Sujan, media officer of the Coast Guard, disclosed the information on Sunday afternoon.

He said a team from the Coast Guard’s Shah Porir Dwip Outpost conducted the operation in the Naf River from 9:00pm to midnight on Saturday, November 14, acting on a tip-off.

During the operation, the team spotted a suspicious wooden boat in the river near Nazirpara in Teknaf and signalled it to stop. However, the suspected smugglers fled towards Myanmar’s territorial waters.

The Coast Guard team later recovered four floating packages from the river and found 410,000 yaba tablets inside.

Legal proceedings regarding the seized drugs are underway, the Coast Guard official said.

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