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DNC arrests passenger with 2,000 yaba pills

Published : Wednesday, 11 November, 2026 at 5:01 PM

Press Release

The Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) has arrested a man with 2,000 yaba tablets while he was allegedly smuggling the drugs on a passenger bus in Gazipur.

The arrest was made on Tuesday afternoon (November 10) in the Nayanpur area under Joydebpur Police Station, in front of the gate of the Bangladesh Air Force's 203 Maintenance Unit along the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway. The DNC team intercepted a United Paribahan bus and searched it before detaining the passenger.

The arrestee was identified as Mohammad Ali Oli, 38, son of Jaher Uddin of Rajibpur (Ujan Channapara) village in Ishwarganj upazila of Mymensingh.

DNC Gazipur District Office Deputy Director Emdadul Islam Mithun confirmed the operation on Wednesday afternoon (November 11).

He said they had received confidential information that a man was carrying yaba tablets on a United Paribahan bus. Acting on the tip-off, a DNC team stopped the bus in Nayanpur and conducted a search, recovering 2,000 amphetamine-containing yaba tablets from Oli.

He added that Inspector Anwar Hossain of the DNC was preparing to file a case with Joydebpur Police Station in connection with the incident. Anti-narcotics drives would continue, he said.

- MaT

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