The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in different operations in the last 24 hours till 6 am Sunday (December 24) arrested 38 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 24,408 pieces of Yaba tablets, 10.5kg of hemp, 8.5gm of heroin and 20 pieces of tapentadol tablets from their possessions, according to the statement. 

According to the statement, 29 cases were filed against the detained persons under the Narcotics Control Act.

BDST: 1439 HRS, DEC 24, 2023
MN