Some 365 most powerful persons control the drugs trafficking routes throughout the country, Anti-Corruption Commission Chairman Iqbal Mahmud on Sunday said.
As per ACC directives, the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) submitted a list naming such 365 persons.
“But during ACC’s drive against 17 top drug peddlers, it found all those addresses inaccurate. Has the NDC has gone out of control. I’m giving one month time to the DNC to provide with an updated and corrected list of addresses of the drug peddlers,” Iqbal Mahmud told a programme yesterday.
DNC organised the programme at the Bangladesh Institute of Administrative Management in the city with Salahuddin Mahmud, Director General, DNC in the chair. The ACC chairman attended the programme as the chief guest.
“Based on a list prepared by the DNC, these 365 drug traffickers are the most powerful persons in the country. I would like to send a message that they (drug peddlers) won’t be spared in any way,” Iqbal warned.
He said these drug peddlers are destroying the country’s young generation.
“The drugs are very easy to buy everywhere. Shun drug peddling or go to jail. A countrywide massive crackdown will be launched against the organised drug peddlers immediately,” he said.
Iqbal Mahmud gave a one-month ultimatum to the drug peddlers to shun the path, urging them to return to normal work.
“By selling drugs they are getting rich. If they don’t give up the drug peddling within a month, they will have to face dire consequence,” the ACC Chairman said.
Iqbal Mahmud said it is not the ACC’s job to go for action against the drug peddlers but it will take stern action as all the money are earned through illegal business.
In response to Iqbal Mahmud’s comments, DNC DG said he was newly appointed to the department and would take necessary measures in this regard.
