Cox’s Bazar: Four suspected drug traders were killed in alleged gunfights with Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and police in Teknaf Upazila on early Friday.

Pradip Kumar Das, officer-in-charge of Teknaf Police Station, said two ‘drug traders’ were killed in a ‘gunfight’ with police at Hoaingkong around 5:00am, reports the UNB.

The deceased were identified as Najir Ahmed, 33, son of Abdul Jalil of Jaliapara, and Gias Uddin, 24, son of Hazi Zakaria of Nayapara of the upazila.

A police team conducted a drive in the area acting on a tip-off. When they reached the spot, the criminals opened fired, triggering a gunfight, the OC said.

Later, police recovered two bodies, OC Pradip said. Four policemen, including two sub-inspectors, were injured in the incident.

Police also recovered three firearms, four bullets and 6,000 yaba pills from the spot.

In a separate incident, two suspected drug traders were killed in an alleged gunfight with BGB troopers at Kharangkhali.

The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.

A team of BGB-2 raided the area around 4am after being tipped off about the smuggling of a huge consignment of yaba, said Lieutenant Colonel Asaduzzaman.

‘The smugglers opened fire on the BGB team as soon as they reached the spot, triggering a skirmish,’ he claimed. ‘Later, the bodies of two drug traders were recovered from the spot.’

One lakh yaba pills were recovered, the BGB official said.