BSS :
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 57 people on charges of selling and consuming drugs in the city.
According to a DMP statement issued on Saturday, in separate anti-drug operations, police arrested drug paddlers and abusers and seized banned and illegal drugs from the city’s various areas.
Police seized 1,440 pieces of yaba, 355 grams and 134 puria (Small packet) of heroin, 3.430 kilograms of cannabis (ganja) and 20 can beer from them, according to the statement.
Police filed 48 cases against the arrestees in this connection with police stations concerned under the Narcotics Control Act.
