, Sept. 23 -- The Airport Armed Police (AAP) Battalion on Tuesday arrested a mother and her daughter at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport with a total of 7,580 yaba pills.

The arrested women have been identified as Rozina (40) and Fahmida Yasmin (20). The two were allegedly carrying the drugs in a specially concealed manner inside the steel handles of two trolley bags and on their bodies while travelling as airline passengers.

The arrests took place at 1:35 pm based on secret information, when Rozina and Fahmida arrived on an internal flight (BS-146) from Cox's Bazar. The women were taken to the AAP office for questioning, during which the concealed drugs were recovered. Officers found 5,800 pills in the trolley handles and 1,780 p...