The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in different operations in the last 24 hours till 6 am Sunday (November 19) arrested 19 persons for their alleged involvement in selling and consuming drugs.

Being informed, the DMP’s police and detective units conducted the anti-drug campaign in the city’s various areas, seizing drugs and arresting drug sellers and abusers, said a DMP statement today.

They seized 250 pieces of Yaba tablets, 2.7kg of hemp, 6gm of heroin, 20 bottles of foreign wine and 20 litre of local wine from their possessions, according to the statement. 

According to the statement, 15 cases were filed against the detained persons under the Narcotics Control Act.

BDST: 1042 HRS, NOV 19, 2023
MN/SMS