Nabbed for yaba, out comes gold

Three arrested from bus in Ctg

Police arrested three people along with 9 gold bars weighing 1.5 kilograms at Moijjartek under Karnaphuli Police Station in Chittagong city on Thursday night, reports UNB.

The arrestees were identified as, Rahmatullah, 38, Md Shafi, 70, and Yamin Akhtar, 40 - all residents of Ukhia upazila of Cox's Bazar district.

Rafiqul Islam, officer-in-charge of Karnaphuli Police station said acting on secret information regarding a yaba consignment, a team of police conducted a drive in the area and started searching the Chittagong-bound buses.

Police arrested the trio on suspicion of being yaba traders from one such bus Chittagong-bound bus coming from Cox's Bazar.

As police interrogated them regarding yaba consignment, they denied it truthfully, but went on to confess they were smuggling gold that they had swallowed.

Subsequently police recovered 9 gold bars from their digestive systems by feeding them medicine.

Nabbed for yaba, out comes gold

Three arrested from bus in Ctg

Police arrested three people along with 9 gold bars weighing 1.5 kilograms at Moijjartek under Karnaphuli Police Station in Chittagong city on Thursday night, reports UNB. The arrestees were identified as, Rahmatullah, 38, Md Shafi, 70, and Yamin Akhtar, 40 - all residents of Ukhia upazila of Coxs Bazar district. Rafiqul Islam, officer-in-charge of Karnaphuli Police station said acting on secret information regarding a yaba consignment, a team of police conducted a drive in the area and started searching the Chittagong-bound buses. Police arrested the trio on suspicion of being yaba traders from one such bus Chittagong-bound bus coming from Coxs Bazar. As police interrogated them regarding yaba consignment, they denied it truthfully, but went on to confess they were smuggling gold that they had swallowed. Subsequently police recovered 9 gold bars from their digestive systems by feeding them medicine.