Chattogram Bureau :
Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) Mayor AJM Nasir Uddin at a press conference on preventing drug abuse and terrorism at Laldighi Maidan in the Port City yesterday .
He said anti-narcotics drive will continue until the illegal drug trade came under control. Most of the Yaba tablets were smuggled into Bangladesh from Myanmar and the Government on several occasions had requested the Myanmar Government to close the Yaba factories in their territories. “
In the Port City, there are over 300 spots where peddlers have been selling drugs, including Yaba, City Mayor handed over a list of drug spots to Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) Commissioner. The major spots include Barisal Colony and some areas in Sadarghat, Akbar Shah, Khulshi, Bakalia, Bayezid, Pahartali, Motijharna, Kotwali, Double Mooring, Chotopool and Halishahar.
The drug trade in Chattogram , adjacent to Ukhia-Teknaf, the gateway of smuggling Yaba into Bangladesh, is controlled by 114 people, according to a list of the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC). However, RAB officials say a recent home ministry list includes 58 names.
As a special drive against drug dealers goes on, most of the dealers in the port city have apparently gone into hiding, said locals and law enforcers. CCC in a public circular recently prohibited selling of tobacco productions near the educational institutions .
Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) Mayor AJM Nasir Uddin at a press conference on preventing drug abuse and terrorism at Laldighi Maidan in the Port City yesterday .
He said anti-narcotics drive will continue until the illegal drug trade came under control. Most of the Yaba tablets were smuggled into Bangladesh from Myanmar and the Government on several occasions had requested the Myanmar Government to close the Yaba factories in their territories. “
In the Port City, there are over 300 spots where peddlers have been selling drugs, including Yaba, City Mayor handed over a list of drug spots to Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) Commissioner. The major spots include Barisal Colony and some areas in Sadarghat, Akbar Shah, Khulshi, Bakalia, Bayezid, Pahartali, Motijharna, Kotwali, Double Mooring, Chotopool and Halishahar.
The drug trade in Chattogram , adjacent to Ukhia-Teknaf, the gateway of smuggling Yaba into Bangladesh, is controlled by 114 people, according to a list of the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC). However, RAB officials say a recent home ministry list includes 58 names.
As a special drive against drug dealers goes on, most of the dealers in the port city have apparently gone into hiding, said locals and law enforcers. CCC in a public circular recently prohibited selling of tobacco productions near the educational institutions .
