BSS, Dinajpur :
Police, in special drives from Sunday night to yesterday morning, arrested 36 persons including four activists of Jamaat-e-Islami, three drug traders and recovered 200 bottles of Phensidyl syrup and 750 liters of locally made liquor from 10 upazilas of the district.
Sources with the district police said they were picked up from different areas of the district.
Police said, during the drives, Dinajpur Sadar police arrested eight persons including three drug traders with 750 liters of locally made liquor, Khansama Thana police arrested three, Kaharole Thana police two, Hakimpur Thana police arrested three, Birampur police arrested two, Ghoraghat police arrested five, Birganj Thana police arrested three accused, Chirirbandar Thana police arrested four activists of Jamaat-e-Islami, Phulbari Thana police three and Parbatipur Thana police arrested three accused.
Meanwhile, members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive recovered 200 bottles of Phensidyl syrup from Hili railway station in Hakimpur upazila in an abandoned condition during the period.
Several cases, including charges of subversive activities, are pending with different police stations against the arrested persons, the sources added.
The arrested people were sent to jail.
