Two suspected Rohingya drug peddlers were killed in a “gunfight” with police at Ulubania village under Whykong union in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar early Saturday.

The deceased were identified as Noor Mohammad, 35, and Mohammad Rafique, 25, of Kutupalang Rohingya Camp in Ukhia upazila

Acting on a tip off, a team police conducted a raid at Ulubania village around 6:00pm on Friday and detained Noor and Rafique, Prodip Kumar Das, officer-in-charge of Teknaf Police Station, said.

Gleaning information from them that they recently carried a consignment of yaba from the neighbouring country and concealed it at the bank of a pond at the village, police conducted a raid there around 1:30am today to recover the yaba pills, he said.

When the law enforcers reached there, cohorts of the detainees opened fire on the police team and injured SI Masiur Raahman and ASI Arifur Rahman, the OC added.

In self-defence, police also fired back, triggering a gunfight until the perpetrators fled from the area, he said.

After the gunfight, the detainees were found bullet hit and rushed to Teknaf Upazila Health Complex, Prodip said.

Later they were shifted to Cox’s Bazar General Hospital, where they succumbed to their injuries around 5:00am, he added.

The injured police men took primary treatment from the health complex.

Two long barrel guns, five rounds of ammunition and 158,000 yaba pills were recovered from the spot, the police official said.

Police filed three cases in this regard with Teknaf police station.