Saudi bound passenger arrested with yaba pills at Dhaka airport

A Saudi Arabia bound passenger was arrested from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport as he was attempting to smuggle nearly 10,000 pieces yaba pills inside pickle jars early today.

The arrestee was identified as Rakib Hossain (31) hailing from Ramganj upazila in Lakshmipur.

Rakib was supposed to board a flight of Gulf Airlines around 5:45am enroute to Saudi Arabia, said Alamgir Hossain, additional superintendent (operations) of Airport Armed Police Battalion (APBn).

When he arrived at the departure terminal around 3:30am, a team of APBn challenged him and recovered 9,885 pieces of yaba pills hidden inside two pickle jars, he added.

In primary interrogation, the arrestee claimed that one Nazmul from a travel agency gave him the jars and he was just a carrier.

A case was filed against Rakib, Nazmul and some unnamed persons under Narcotics Control Act with Airport Police Station.