City Desk :
Members of the Detective Branch (DB) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in several anti-drug raids arrested a total of 38 people on charges of selling and consuming drugs during the last 24 hours till 6am on Friday.
The DB in association with local police carried out the drives simultaneously at different parts of the metropolis from 6am of September 15, according to a DMP release. In separate anti-drug raids, police seized huge drugs from their possessions, reports BSS.
During the anti-drug raids, police seized 5,288 pieces of contraband yaba tablets, 22.135 kilograms of cannabis (ganja) and 15 grams of heroin from their possessions, the release added.
Police filed 29 separate cases against the arrestees in these connections with respective police stations under the Narcotics Control Act.