Dhaka, Nov. 2 -- A passenger travelling from Cox's Bazar to Dhaka has been detained at Shahjalal International Airport for carrying a large quantity of yaba tablets in his stomach.

According to the airport Armed Police Battalion (APBn), the suspect, Md Pannu Hawladar, 30, from Amtali Upazila in Barguna district, was held with 6,378 yaba tablets.

A case under the Narcotics Control Act was filed against him on Saturday night at the Airport Police Station, according to an APBn media statement.

The APBn said it received intelligence that Pannu was transporting yaba on a US-Bangla Airlines domestic flight (BS-142).

Based on the tip-off, he was intercepted on the road in front of the arrivals gate of the domestic terminal.

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