14,000 Yaba tablets seized, 2 arrested in Bengal

Two persons have been

arrested and 14,000 Yaba tablets seized from their possession in West Bengal's Malda district, police said on Saturday.

Acting on a tip-off, a car, without a registration number, moving towards Hilli near the India-Bangladesh border was stopped during vehicle checking and two persons were arrested and the contraband drugs seized, a police officer said.

Both the accused, residents of Hilli in South Dinajpur district, have been booked under the Narcotic Drug and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, he added.