BGB member held with 600 yaba tablets in Brahmanbaria

Police arrested a member of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) with 600 yaba tablets in Akhaura upazila of Brahmanbaria on Sunday night.

The arrestee was identified as Md Tamim Rana, 35, a resident of Nikurkanda village under Harirampur Union in Trishal upazila of Mymensingh district. He serves as a sepoy at the Barakal Border Outpost (BOP) under BGB’s 45th Battalion in Rangamati.

According to police, a team led by Akhaura Police Station Sub-Inspector Md Shamsul Haque, along with Assistant Sub-Inspectors Md Omar Faruk and Billal Hossain, conducted a drive on the Akhaura–Mogora Bazar road following a tip-off.

They arrested Tamim from the Debgram Naya Bazar area of Akhaura municipality around 8pm on Sunday, October 18. A search later recovered 600 yaba tablets, a BGB identity card and a button mobile phone from his possession.

Akhaura Police Station Officer-in-Charge Md Jabed Ul Islam confirmed the arrest, saying a case had been filed against the accused under the Narcotics Control Act.