Rab officers yesterday arrested a Rohingya man with three kg of crystal methamphetamine in Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar.

Officers caught Abdul Latif, 64, carrying the haul in a shopping bag around 3:30pm near Shapla Chottor on Marine Drive, said Abdullah Mohammad Sheikh Sadi, senior assistant director at Rab-15.

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Latif, a resident of Aliabad area, told Rab officers in primary interrogation that he brought the substance, popularly known as ice, from the border in Teknaf to sell it in Cox’s Bazar and elsewhere, the officer said.

A case was filed with Teknaf Police Station in this connection, he added.

The haul seized yesterday might have a street value of up to Tk 3 crore in Dhaka as law enforcers say only 10 grams of ice can cost up to Tk 1 lakh in the city.

On September 22, members of Border Guard Bangladesh arrested a man with 2 kg of crystal meth in Teknaf.

Like yaba, crystal meth is mostly trafficked in from Myanmar through the border in Teknaf and Ukhia upazilas of Cox’s Bazar, and Naikhongchhari upazila of Bandarban, according to officials of the Department of Narcotics Control.

Law enforcers this year recovered 10.72 kg of ice in nine incidents.



3kg crystal meth seized in Teknaf
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