Why Bangladesh s Yaba Drug Epidemic Continues to Fester
Increased vigilance by Bangladeshi law enforcement authorities has led syndicates to adopt alternate routes.
Weapons, ammunition, alongside bags of crystal methamphetamine and meth-laced yaba pills seized by Myanmar police and military are seen in this undated photo near Loikan village in Shan State, between February and April 2020 in what the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime described as Asia s biggest-ever drug bust. Photo: Myanmar Police/UNODC/Handout via Reuters
On January 22, 2020, a Rohingya man suspected to be a Yaba trader was killed during a gunfight with Border Guard Bangladesh in Bandarban, Chittagong. The 25-year-old Yaba peddler, who belonged to the Kutupalong Rohingya camp, was entering Bangladesh from a hilly area of Myanmar with a group of eight to ten people when he was apprehended by the BGB.
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Abducted from Rohingya Camp: Volunteer of Red Crescent rescued after 10hrs by APBn Our Correspondent, Cox’s Bazar Our Correspondent, Cox’s Bazar
Members of Armed Police Battalion (APBn) rescued a volunteer of Cyclone Preparedness Programme (CPP) of Bangladesh Red Crescent Society early yesterday, 10 hours after he was abducted from a Cox s Bazar Rohingya refugee camp.
Hossain Ali (45) was abducted allegedly by some Rohingya miscreants around 3pm on Wednesday while he was on duty at block A/1 in Shafiullah Kata Rohingya camp in Ukhia upazila, said CPP Cox s Bazar Deputy Director Hafiz Ahmad.
Ali was tortured by the abductors, he said, adding that he is now undergoing treatment at a local hospital.
Red Crescent volunteer abducted from Cox’s Bazar Rohingya camp, rescued after 10 hours
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Members of Armed Police Battalion (APBn) rescued a volunteer of Cyclone Preparedness Programme (CPP) of Bangladesh Red Crescent Society early today, 10 hours after he was abducted from a Cox s Bazar Rohingya refugee camp.
Hossain Ali (45) was abducted allegedly by some Rohingya criminals around 3:00pm yesterday while he was on duty at block A/1 in Shafiullah Kata Rohingya camp in Ukhia upazila, said CPP Cox s Bazar Deputy Director Hafiz Ahmad.
He was also tortured by the abductors and now he is undergoing treatment at Cox s Bazar District Sadar Hospital, he said.
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Rohingya migrants sit by the beach after their boat landed on the shores of Lancok village, Indonesia. Boatloads of Rohingya landing across Southeast Asia are victims of complex human trafficking networks run by a dizzying web of players, from crime bosses and corrupt cops to poor fishermen, rickshaw drivers and even Rohingya themselves. | AFP-JIJI
AFP-JIJI Dec 16, 2020
Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh – Auto rickshaws slip easily past barbed-wire checkpoints at the world’s biggest refugee camp, their drivers among the smallest players in a complex human trafficking network involving high-seas extortion gangs, corrupt police and drug lords.