DHAKA, Feb 28, 2025 (BSS) - The joint forces in a drive arrested 16 drug peddlers with one lakh pieces of yaba tablets from Kuakata area of Patuakhali district on Thursday.

The arrested were Nabi Hossain, 53, Monir Uddin, 48, Soad Alam, 37, Mofachhel Hossain, 60, Mobarak Hossain, 45, Chabur Ahmed, 54, Selim Majhi, 42, Omar Faruk, 28, Tahidul Alam, 48, Abu Taleb, 40, Abdul Nabi, 30, Fazle Karim, 40, Mostak Ahmed, 48, Abdul Khalek, 40, Alfat, 30, and Khalil Ahmed, 39.

The arrested yaba smugglers are the residents of Noakhali, Chattogram and Cox's Bazar districts, sources of joint forces said.

A joint team of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and Bangladesh Coast Guard (BCG) arrested them from Kuakata area under Mahipur Police Station.

During the operation, they also seized 1,00,000 pieces of contraband Yaba tablets hidden in the net of a trawler.

The arrestees were handed over to Mahipur Police Station.

A case was lodged in this connection.