Rohingya refugees are moving them across Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar district, which hosts around one million of their stateless Muslim minority. Drug seizures in Cox's Bazar are skyrocketing, as organised crime gangs recruit from the vast pool of cheap and expendable labour. A single main road runs from Teknaf north to Cox's Bazar City. "They are involved in trafficking together to buy weapons," a Myanmar drug police source told AFP, requesting anonymity. Regardless of the motive, his murder -- and a spate of kidnappings -- has electrified the Rohingya camp grapevine with fear and rumour.

Source: Bangkok Post May 10, 2018 05:48 UTC