The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in different operations in the last 24 hours till 6 am Friday (April 5) arrested 29 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 5,791 pieces of Yaba tablets and 26kg hemp, 61 grams of heroin and a bottle of foreign liquor from their possessions, according to the statement. 

According to the statement, 21 cases were filed against the detained persons under the Narcotics Control Act.

BDST: 1113 HRS, April 05, 2024
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