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Two suspected drug dealers were killed in a reported gunfight with Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Laboni Beach Point in Cox's Bazar district town on early Thursday.
The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.
A RAB-15 team raided the area at around 4:00am after being tipped-off that drug pedlars were coming there via sea, said RAB-15 camp commanding officer Major Mehedi Hasan.
The drug dealers opened fire as soon as the RAB team reached the spot, triggering a skirmish, he claimed.
After the gunfight, two bodies with gunshot wounds were recovered from the spot along with 10,000 yaba pills, a pistol and two bullets, UNB reported quoting the RAB official.
The bodies were then sent to a local hospital for autopsy.