Those who have been entrusted with the responsibility of guarding the border (be it Coast Guard or BGB) must have had some lapse in performing their duties, otherwise drugs worth lakhs would not have entered the country. And, once the narcotics cross the border, it will reach the buyers or the consumers in one way or the other.
Yaba used to come in more quantity after Fenidil. Now ice is taking Yaba’s place. Dulal Krishna Saha, chief chemical examiner at the Narcotics Control Department’s Forensic Lab, told Prothom Allo, the main reason for the rise in demand for ice in the country is that yaba contains only 10 to 15 per cent of methamphetamine (a chemical component). While it contains 96 percent ice.
Consuming it in small amounts produces temporary physical and mental reactions. That’s why former yaba addicts are interested in taking ice, he said.