The smugglers flee towards Myanmar waters after spotting the Coast Guard patrol near Teknaf’s Nazirpara
Coast Guard personnel pose for a photograph with 410,000 yaba pills seized during an operation in the Naf River near Nazirpara in Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar, on 14 November 2026. The seized drugs are estimated to be worth Tk20.5 crore. Photo: Courtesy
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Coast Guard personnel pose for a photograph with 410,000 yaba pills seized during an operation in the Naf River near Nazirpara in Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar, on 14 November 2026. The seized drugs are estimated to be worth Tk20.5 crore. Photo: Courtesy
The Bangladesh Coast Guard has seized 410,000 yaba pills worth an estimated Tk20.5 crore during an operation in the Naf River in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf upazila.
The smugglers fled towards Myanmar’s territorial waters after sensing the presence of the Coast Guard, leaving the drugs behind.
The operation was conducted near Nazirpara in the Naf River from 9pm to midnight on Saturday (14 November).
Coast Guard Media Officer Lieutenant Commander Sabbir Alam Sujon disclosed the details in a press release today (15 November).
He said the coast guard received intelligence that a large consignment of yaba would be brought into Bangladesh from Myanmar through the Naf River.
Following the information, the force intensified intelligence surveillance and patrols in the area.
A team from the Coast Guard Outpost Shahpari then launched a special operation and spotted a suspicious motorised wooden boat in the river.
When the team signalled the boat to stop, those on board fled towards Myanmar’s territorial waters.
The coast guard team later searched four floating polythene-wrapped packages in the river and recovered 410,000 yaba pills.
The force said legal proceedings were underway over the seizure.
Sabbir Alam said the Coast Guard was working to ensure security in coastal and riverine areas and prevent drug trafficking, human trafficking and smuggling.
He added that such operations would continue to curb the spread of drugs.
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