letters to the editor
Bazlur Rahman, Mohammadpur, Dhaka
The curso of yaba
Sir,
The use of yaba has increased in the country by 77 times over the past six years while the intake of other drugs like phensidyl and heroin has declined.
A major part of the illegal drug is reportedly smuggled regularly from Myanmar as Bangladesh shares around 271 km of border with the southeastern neighbor that includes 208 km of land and 63 km of Naf River.
Apart from Myanmar, the drug is also reportedly smuggled into Bangladesh by air and land routes from some other regional countries including India, Nepal and
Thailand.
Statistics from the Bangladeshs Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) show that yaba that come from Myanmar tops the list of smuggled drugs into Bangladesh.
DNC Director General Bazlur Rahman said earlier that his department had strengthened its monitoring of the countrys 32 districts near the border with Myanmar
and India.
The report stated that the number of yaba tablets recovered on 2008 was 36,543; in 2009 it was 129,644; in 2010 was 812,716; in 2011 1,360,186; in 2012 1,951,392; and in 2013 2,821.528.
This shows that in comparison to 2008, the amount of Yaba recovered was 77 times of that in 2013.
Bazlur Rahman,
Mohammadpur, Dhaka
