The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in separate drives in the last 24 hours till 6 am Saturday arrested 36 people 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, according to a statement issued by DMP on Saturday.
They seized 1,249 pieces of Yaba, 3.59kg of hemp, 140gm of heroin, 3 pieces of crystal meth (Ice), and 168 bottles of foreign wine from their possessions, it also said.
According to the statement, 26 cases were filed against the detained persons under the Narcotics Control Act.
