City Desk :
As part of the anti-drug drive in the capital, members of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested a total of 52 people during last 24 hours till 6am on Friday on charges of selling and consuming drugs.
According to a release issued by the DMP, police conducted the operations against the drug sellers and consumers in different areas under various police stations. They also detained a total of 52 drug traffickers and recovered a huge amount of drugs from their possessions from 6am of August 10 to 6 am on Friday, reports BSS.
During the anti-drug drives, police seized 141 grams of heroin, 15.690 kilograms of cannabis (ganja), 4,986 pieces of yaba tablets, 100 drug injections and five bottle of phensidyle from them, it said.
Police filed 43 cases against the arrestees in these connections with respective police stations under the Narcotics Control Act.
