Khulna, Feb. 9 -- Khulna has become a major corridor for drug smuggling, with traffickers exploiting road and rail networks to transport Yaba pills and other narcotics from Cox's Bazar to Jashore via Khulna.

The ineffectiveness of authorities in ensuring stringent legal action has further emboldened these criminal networks.

Due to its convenient transport links, smugglers have increasingly favoured this route, using a variety of tactics to evade detection.

Drugs such as Yaba, cannabis and Phensedyl are being trafficked through the district's border points and discreetly distributed across the country.

Although law enforcement agencies in Khulna are actively conducting operations to seize narcotics and arrest those involved, the persis...