CHITTAGONG: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) seized 25.62 lakh yaba tablets from different parts of the district in the last seven months (January to July), reports UNB.
The elite force came up with the disclosure at a press briefing of RAB-7 on Thursday afternoon.
At the press briefing, they said a team of RAB members conducted a drive in Nimtoli area in the city and arrested two people along with 80,000 pieces of yaba tablet from a pickup van on Thursday morning.
They also recovered Tk1.51 lakh cash from their possession. The market value of the seized tablets is Tk3.20 crore.
The arrested were identified as Jakir, 26, and Jashim Uddin Rana, 35.
The duo had been earlier arrested with an alleged drug trader Jahidul Islam alias Alo on December 26, 2014.
The Rab members recovered 2.15 lakh yaba tablets, one foreign- made pistol, three rounds of bullet, a private car and a motorcycle from their possession in the December 26 drive.