Coast Guards members yesterday recovered seven lakh pieces of contraband yaba pills from a boat in the Naf River of Teknaf early yesterday.

Law enforcers seize 19,000 contraband yaba tablets and detain three people for allegedly trying to smuggle the drugs to Dhaka from Chittagong city.

Law enforcers, in separate drives, seized 14.40 lakh yaba pills worth about Tk 71 crore and arrested four from Cox's Bazar and Comilla in connection with the seizures.