A Myanmar delegation recently agreed to identify the gangs trafficking Yaba pills into Bangladesh and take action against them at a bilateral meeting with the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) Bangladesh.
The team from the Central Committee for Drug Abuse and Control (CCDAC) of Myanmar also agreed to watch production of Yaba near their international border with Bangladesh.
A DNC official told The Daily Star that about 50 lakh Yaba tablets were trafficked and consumed in the country every day. Most of the deadly drugs come from Myanmar, he added.
DNC Director General Bazlur Rahman told journalists in his office yesterday that the authorities of both the countries would exchange intelligence information and meet regularly to stop drug trafficking.
He informed the bilateral meeting where the agreements came on Tuesday in a hotel of the capital.
"We asked them to meet at least once a year to discuss strategies and exchange operational and technical information to fight drug trafficking," he said.
"We also told them that there are clandestine laboratories along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border where Yabas are produced. And they agreed to look into the matter," he said.
The four-member CCDAC delegation included Brig Gen Kyan Win, Col Myint Aung and Maj Yee TunThan. Minister counselor of the Myanmar embassy in Dhaka Kyan Swar was also a member of the delegation.
Although the journalists were invited to meet delegates from both sides yesterday at DNC office, only Bangladeshi officials met the press.
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