A suspected yaba trader was killed in a reported gunfight with members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) at Keyari Khal area under Teknaf upazila in Cox’s Bazar early on Sunday (July 12).
The deceased was identified as Syed Alam, 35, son of Syed Ahmed of Ward-1 under the municipality of the upazila.
BGB claimed that they also seized 40,000 yaba tablets and a firearm with cartridges from the spot.
Teknaf BGB Battalion-2 Captain Lieutenant Cornel Mohammad Foysal Hasan Khan confirmed the matter.
He said, “Being tipped-off about a large consignment of yaba would be smuggled into Bangladesh from Myanmar, a BGB team took position in Keyari Khal area in Teknaf at midnight. At one point, the team noticed two men roaming the area and another man crossing the Naf river into Bangladesh from Myanmar.”
The troops ordered the three to stop but they opened fired on law enforcers triggering a gunfight. The drug smugglers fled the scene at one stage leaving, one of their own with bullet injury and two BGB members injured, he said.
The injured person was taken to Teknaf Upazila Health Complex and then transferred to Cox's Bazar Sadar Hospital where on-duty doctors declared him dead, said the BGB official.
