Dhaka: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in separate drives arrested three people with 28lakh yaba tablets in several places of Dhaka and Chittagong.

RAB via a text message on Monday morning said one of the detainees is Ali Ahmed, the kingpin of yaba smuggling syndicate.

A press conference will be held at about 10:30am at RAB headquarters at Uttara in Dhaka in this connection.