Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) yesterday pushed back 26 Rohingyas to Myanmar following the detention of 32 Myanmar nationals along with a suspected trafficker from Shah Parir Dwip in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar, reports UNB.
BGB sources said border guards detained the 33 people after they landed at a point of Shah Parir Dwip around 8am by a boat. They travelled through the bordering Naf Rriver.
The border guards handed over six of the detainees and the trafficker to Taknaf Police Station around 3pm.