Ctg Correspondent
Md Joynal Abedin (42) is known as a local primary school teacher in the area. But that teacher is known as Dulabhai in the Yaba Empire! No one knew his real name, even his face was unseen by others. Only a mobile number was his identity.
Police arrested him from the Dewanhat junction area of the city's Double Mooring Police Station late on Tuesday night. Two of his accomplices were later arrested on information he provided. 21,700 pieces of yaba and Tk 8.5 lakh in cash were recovered.
The arrested Joynal is the son of Md Siddique Ahmed of Julharpara village under Kutubdia police station in Cox's Bazar district. The two accomplices of the arrest are his brother-in-law Md Mubarak Hossain (27) and Md Rezaul Karim Didar (31).
Additional Deputy Commissioner (West) of Chittagong Metropolitan Police Pankaj Dutt said, ‘Joynal Abedin Prakash Dulabhai was arrested last night in front of the Mumbai Sweets shop at Dewanhat junction on the basis of secret information. According to him, police also arrested his two accomplices and recovered 21,700 pieces of yaba and Tk 8.5 lakh.
Double Mooring Police Station OC Mohammad Mohsin said Joynal Abedin was the godfather of Yabar. Everyone knows him as Dulabhai. He is one of the main suppliers of yaba from Chittagong. No one knew his name or seen him. Only a mobile number was his identity for a certain period of time. He would come with yaba whenever anyone called that number. He would change that number again with yaba. His name came up after arresting the driver-helper along with about 22,000 pieces of yaba two days ago.
He said that although he was the godfather of Yaba, the locals did not know about his Yaba business. In the area he is known as a school teacher. He used to teach in Kuruskul Government Primary School. But he had been arrested with Yaba once before. During the preliminary interrogation, Joynal Abedin said that he originally brought yaba from Cox's Bazar and stocked it for himself. Then he sold it all over the country.
