Police arrested a Rohingya couple with 1,500 Yaba pills at Goalimandra under Lauhajang upazila in Munshiganj on Sunday afternoon.
The detained are Md Zahur Al Zahir Alam, 37, and his wife Noor Begum, 30, both sheltered in the camp 2 at Kutupalong under Ukhia upazila in Cox鈥檚 Bazar, according to police.
Police said that they had searched the couple near Napit Bari Bridge at Haldia union in the Lauhajang upazila at about 1:30pm on Sunday on suspicion of drugs and seized 1,500 Yaba pills and two mobile phones.
鈥楾he couple came to the area for drug trading from the Cox鈥檚 Bazar camp,鈥� Lauhajang police officer-in-charge Md Harun Ar Rashid said, adding that the process of filing a case against them is underway.
On March 7, the United Nations World Food Programme said that the monthly food rations must be halved to $6 per person, down from $12.50 per person, with effect from April 1.
The UN body warned of a critical funding shortfall in its emergency response operations in Bangladesh, jeopardising food assistance for over one million displaced Rohingya people in the host country.
Officials overseeing Rohingya issues and community leaders fear a surge in crimes in and around the camps at Ukhia and Teknaf in Cox鈥檚 Bazar because of UN food aid cuts.
Rohingyas largely depend on food rations provided by the UN鈥檚 World Food Programme as they have a little scope to go outside the camps and earn money to ensure food and other necessities for their family members, they said.
