UNB, Dhaka :
In the ongoing anti-narcotics drives, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 51 people on charges of selling and consuming drugs in the capital in last 24 hours till 6:00 am Friday.
Detective Branch of DMP in association with local police stations carried out the drives starting from 6:00 am Thursday.
During the drives, the police also recovered 768 pieces of contraband yaba tablets, 100 small packets containing 739 grams heroin, 929 grams hemp, 1020 bottles of phensidyle and 30 ampules of sedatives from their possessions,
said DMP Deputy Commissioner (Media) Masudur Rahman.
A total of 39 cases under Narcotics Control Act were filed with different police stations, he added.
In the ongoing anti-narcotics drives, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 51 people on charges of selling and consuming drugs in the capital in last 24 hours till 6:00 am Friday.
Detective Branch of DMP in association with local police stations carried out the drives starting from 6:00 am Thursday.
During the drives, the police also recovered 768 pieces of contraband yaba tablets, 100 small packets containing 739 grams heroin, 929 grams hemp, 1020 bottles of phensidyle and 30 ampules of sedatives from their possessions,
said DMP Deputy Commissioner (Media) Masudur Rahman.
A total of 39 cases under Narcotics Control Act were filed with different police stations, he added.