RAB detains 11 foreigners near Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar

The Rapid Action Battalion or RAB has detained 11 foreign nationals near a Rohingya refugee camp at Ukhia in Cox’s Bazar.

Cox’s Bazar Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 23 Feb 2018, 12:53 PM
Updated : 23 Feb 2018, 06:19 PM

The foreigners did not have their passports with them, the law enforcers say.

The elite force later handed the foreigners to the police for questioning, Ukhia Police Station OC Md Abul Khayer told bdnews24.com on Friday.

He said a RAB patrol stopped the foreigners on suspicion in front of a relief centre near Ukhia Degree College around 2:30pm.    

“They were detained as they could not show their passports. We are questioning them now,” he said.

The detained foreigners include two from the UK and Italy each, and one each from the Netherlands, Turkey, South Korea, Kenya, Brazil, Belgium and Norway. 

They told the police they were staying in Dhaka and Cox’ Bazar, the OC said.

The police are waiting for instructions from the high-ups on actions against the detained foreigners.