Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested a drug trader with 15,000 pieces of yaba tablets in the capital’s Jatrabari area Saturday morning.
Acting of a tip-off, a team of the elite force arrested Abdur Rahim, 28, at Shonir Akhra around 10:20am when he was passing through the area by a pick-up van, said Rab-10 commanding officer Lt Col Imran.
They also recovered the yaba tablets from the possession of Rahim, who was driving the car, the Rab official said.
Rahim was arrested soon after he reached Dhaka from Cox’s Bazar, he added.