Police detained 12 suspected drug users during separate raids in Eidgaon, Cox’s Bazar, on Sunday night. Officers said the detainees were found with equipment used for consuming yaba, a synthetic drug. The operations were conducted at different locations in the upazila.

According to police sources, three people were first detained at around 8:30pm while allegedly preparing to use drugs on the western side of Bottoli Transport Field. In another operation at about 9pm, police detained nine more people allegedly using drugs in two rooms on the ground floor of Chenowara Plaza Hotel near Bottoli Bazar.

The detainees are residents of different areas in Islamapur and Islamabad unions of the upazila. Eidgaon Police Station Officer-in-Charge ATM Sifat-ul-Majdar said cases had been filed against the detained individuals under the Narcotics Control Act. He said they were sent to court following the filing of the cases.