Myanmar junta patronising yaba smuggling to Bangladesh: Home Minister

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Myanmar junta patronising yaba smuggling to Bangladesh: Home Minister​

Star Digital Report

Thu Aug 25, 2022 09:03 PM Last update on: Thu Aug 25, 2022 09:06 PM
File photo of Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal

File photo of Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan today (August 25, 2022) said the military regime in Myanmar is patronising yaba traders in the country to smuggle the drug into Bangladesh.

The amount of yaba entering Bangladesh has increased by two and a half times since the military junta gained control of Myanmar following a coup in 2021, the minister told a parliamentary body.

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"Despite discussions with the Myanmar government to this end, the military regime there is rather patronising the yaba traders, therefore, more yaba is entering into Bangladesh comparing to the past,"

Asaduzzaman Khan told the parliamentary standing committee on home ministry at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban.

There are many remote areas in Bandarban and Khagrachhari where round-the-clock surveillance is not possible and it takes two days to go from one Border Outpost to another, the minister said, adding that the number of BOP is being increased in all those areas.

Myanmar junta patronising yaba smuggling to Bangladesh: Home Minister

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan today (August 25, 2022) said the military regime in Myanmar is patronising yaba traders in the country to smuggle the drug into Bangladesh.

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