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Friday | October 30, 2026 | Dhaka

Two held with yaba in Shibganj border

 Shibganj Correspondent
 Published: 12:04 AM, 30 October 2026

Two men were arrested with 50 yaba tablets and 98 bottles of Eskuf syrup in separate raids conducted by the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) along the Shibganj border in Chapainawabganj.

The operations were carried out by patrol teams of the Sonamasjid and Azmatpur Border Outposts (BOPs) under the BGB’s 59th Battalion, known as the Mahananda Battalion, said a press release.

Acting on a tip-off, a patrol team led by Naik Riazul Islam of Azmatpur BOP conducted an operation late Wednesday night near a bridge adjacent to Mondoltola village in Shahbajpur Union.

The location was approximately 600 yards inside Bangladesh from border pillar No. 181/7-S. In a separate operation on the morning of October 29, a patrol team led by a habildar of Sonamasjid BOP conducted a raid in the Shialmara area.

During the operations, the BGB personnel seized 50 yaba tablets and 98 bottles of Eskuf syrup and arrested two men. The arrestees were Md Mizanur Rahman, 45, son of the late Tofiz Uddin of Hudma village, and Md Murchalin, 21.