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It come in an array of enticing colours and usually contain a mix of methamphetamine and caffeine, government sources said.
Bangladesh Department of Narcotics Control confiscated 29.5 million yaba in 2016. The figure was only 81,000 tablets in 2010.
Methamphetamine has become an increasingly corrosive influence in Bangladesh, with the number of pills seized by the authorities spiralling from the thousands into the tens of millions in just a few years.
On a single day in June, Bangladeshi forces seized 1.5 million tablets from a fishing trawler in Chittagong bay.
The Naf River separating Bangladesh and Myanmar is used by drug smugglers bringing in enough yaba pills to allow the country to consume 2 million pills each day, reports http://asia.nikkei.com
The exponential rise in the flow of methamphetamine started in 2006.
Meanwhile a earlier UNB report adds, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said she has already directed the authorities concerned to take measures to stop fishing in the Naf River to check 'Yaba' smuggling.
"I've already directed the authorities concerned to stop catching fish for a few days in the Naf River as 'Yaba' tablets are smuggled through this route in fishing boats. We're also discussing the issue with the Myanmar government," she said.-SAA