SAA event in Chittagong, Ukhiya Sub-District, Cox’s Bazar District area, Bangladesh on Mon 12th October 2026

On October 12, a sophisticated underwater route used to smuggle Yaba from Myanmar into Bangladesh through the Naf River was uncovered by the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in Ukhiya Upazila (Sub-District) of Cox’s Bazar District, where 220,000 Yaba pills, a foreign-made pistol and ammunition were seized, reports Daily Sun. Three suspected smugglers identified as Mohammad Rocky Ahmed, 26, Belal Uddin, 35, and Khorshed Alam, 26, all residents of Balukhali in Ukhiya, were arrested during the operation. Acting on information provided by the arrestees, the BGB recovered a foreign-made pistol, two magazines, 11 rounds of ammunition, a mobile phone, nine cranes, a special submersible carrier, about two kilometres of steel wire, a high-powered battery, an electric motor and other equipment used for smuggling. The BGB said smugglers had been using equipment to transport yaba underwater from Myanmar into Bangladesh through the Faisya Canal in Palangkhali. BGB estimated that a carrier of this type could transport around 30,00,000 Yaba pills in a single trip.