Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-7) on Sunday arrested a Rohingya couple in possession with Tk 1.15 crore and 5,300 pieces of Yaba pills from Chandgaon residential area of Chattogram city on Sunday.
The arrestees have been identified as Md Shawkat Islam and his wife Morzina.
RAB-7 Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Mahmudul Hasan Mamun confirmed the matter to the Bangladesh Post on Monday.
ASP Mamun said, acting on tips-off, a team of RAB raided on a house in Block-B of Chandgaon residential area on Sunday morning and held the Rohingya couple.
RAB also recovered with Tk 1,17,01,500 and 5,300 pieces of Yaba during the raid, he added.
According to RAB, the couple had long been dealing drugs in guise of law enforcement agency personnel.
ASP Mamun said the couple Myanmar citizens and have been illegally entering Bangladesh to peddle Yaba pills. They had been renting houses in different parts of Bangladesh including Chattogram to deal drugs including Yaba.
A case was filed against the couple with Chandgaon Police Station on charges of possessing drugs and entering into Bangladesh illegally, he added.