<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized 4.025 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine (ice) and detained a man during separate drives in Teknaf and Ramu upazilas of Cox’s Bazar on Thursday night.</b></span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The detainee is Md Nur Mohammad, 39 of Paschim Paglir Beel area of Ukhiya upazila of the district.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Lt Col Md Mohiuddin, commander of the BGB-2 in Teknaf, said they conducted a drive in Lambori Ghat area adjacent to Teknaf-Cox's Bazar Marine Drive Road, after being tipped-off that a haul of drugs would be smuggled from neighbouring country Myanmar via waterway.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As a man was spotted coming to the Marine Drive Road from the Ghat with a bag, the frontier forces signaled him to halt, while the suspect fled towards a forest, leaving the bag, said the BGB official.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Though the man could not be detained, the bag left by him was recovered, he said, adding that a total of 2.045 kg of drugs was recovered from it. Efforts were on to find the drug dealer.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Moreover, BGB’s Ramu zone commander Lt Col Syed Wahiduzzaman said they conducted a drive in the Goaliya Link Road around 11pm on Thursday, reports UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Upon suspicion, they challenged Cox's Bazar-bound bus passenger Nur Mohammad and recovered 1.980kg of crystal meth from a shopping bag belonging to him, the commander said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The detainee was handed over to the Ukhiya Police Station after filing a case, he added.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd/fas</div>