BSS :
Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) during a drive have arrested 62 persons for consuming and selling drugs in the capital city.
According to a DMP statement issued on Friday, the DMP police raided different areas under various police stations and detained 62 drug abusers and recovered illegal drugs from their possession from 6 am on September 9, 2021 to 6 am on Friday.
During the anti-drug campaign, police seized 55 grams and 380 puria (small packets) of heroin, 1.110 kilograms of cannabis, 7,114 pieces of yaba tablets, eight bottles of phensidyle and 27 injections from them, it said.
Police filed 43 cases against the arrestees under the Narcotics Control Act.
