BSS :
Members of intelligence agencies of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 54 people on charges of selling and consuming drugs in the city during last 24 hours ending 6 am yesterday.
According to a DMP statement issued on Wednesday, the police arrested the drug paddlers and abusers and seized illegal drugs from the city’s various areas.
Police seized 4,909 pieces of yaba, 193 grams of heroin and 7.410 kilograms of cannabis (ganja) from them, according to the statement.
Police filed 40 cases against the arrestees in this connection with police stations concerned under the Narcotics Control Act.