Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested an alleged drug trader with 31,500 pieces of yaba tablets from Tulatoli area of Bakalia in Chattogram city early on Friday.
The arrestee was identified as Alauddin, 40, a truck helper, son of Mohammad Hossain hailed from Ramu Upazila of Cox’s Bazar.
On information, a team of the elite force intercepted a Chattogram-bound truck in the area at about 2:00 am and arrested the drug trader with the yaba tablets, said RAB assistant superintendent of police Rakibul Hasan. The elite force also detained the truck. A case was filed in this connection.