Myanmar’s military regime encourages yaba smuggling to Bangladesh

News Desk :
The number of yaba pills ( a contraband drug) smuggled into Bangladesh from neighbouring Myanmar has surged by two and a half times under the current military regime compared to the amount reported during the rule of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
This information was obtained from the meeting minutes of the parliamentary standing committee on the ministry of home affairs held on Thursday, reports UNB. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan told the meeting that despite negotiations on the issue the Myanmar military regime is patronizing the smuggling of yaba pills to Bangladesh. That’s why the smuggling of the illegal drug has increased.
He mentioned that apart from the most-used route of bordering Naf River the contrabands enter Bangladesh through the remote land border areas too.
The home minister said that Bandarban and Khagrachari, used as yaba routes, have many inaccessible areas where round-the-clock surveillance is not possible. It takes two days to go from one BOP to another BOP there, he added. He also said that the number of BOP is being increased in all those areas.
Chairman of the committee Shamsul Haque Tuku said, yaba started arriving in Bangladesh through the Rohingyas coming from Myanmar.
“Then it gradually spread throughout the country,” he said. He expressed his frustration saying that despite declaring a war against drugs, it is not possible to prevent drug trade and consumption. According to the minutes of the meeting, issues relating to committees of mosques, temples and graveyards were discussed in the previous meeting of the parliamentary watchdog.