BSS :
Members of Detective Branch (DB) under the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), in a regular anti-drugs campaign, have arrested 50 people for consuming and selling drugs in the capital city during the last 24 hours ending at 6 am on Tuesday.
According to a DMP statement issued on Tuesday, as part of the campaign, the police raided different areas under various police stations and detained 50 drug abusers and recovered different kinds of drugs from their possession.
During the anti-drug campaign, police seized 130 grams of heroin, 4.600 kilograms of cannabis, 85 bottles of phensidyle, 12 injections and 15,190 pieces of yaba tablets, the statement added.
Police filed 35 cases against the arrestees in this connection with police stations concerned under the Narcotics Control Act.