Bangladesh, Sept. 18 -- The Armed Police Battalion (APBn) has arrested a passenger carrying 1,000 yaba pills in his stomach near Dhaka's Shahjalal International Airport.

The arrestee has been identified as 32-year-old Md Raju Molla. He has been involved in drug trafficking and smuggling for a long time, the APBn said in a press release on Wednesday night.

Raju, who flew on a domestic US-Bangla Airlines flight (BS-142) from Cox's Bazar to Dhaka while carrying the yaba, was detained from the area north of the Biman head office at Balaka Bhaban on the basis of a confidential tip-off.

Later, he was brought to the Airport APBn office, where it was confirmed that he was carrying yaba pills in his stomach.

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