60 arrested in DMP anti-drug drive

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) conducted anti-drug drives in different areas of the capital and arrested 60 people on charges of selling and consuming drugs in last 24 hours till 6:00am on Tuesday, reports UNB.

During the drives, 5744 pieces of contraband yaba tablets, 259 grams heroin and 1.865 kilogram of cannabis were recovered.

As part of the DMP’s regular anti-drug drive, the detective branch (DB) and local police stations raided various ares in the capital on Monday.

A total of 49 cases have been registered with local police stations against the arrested people under the Narcotics Control Act.

Meanwhile, the members of DB arrested three people named Mohammad Roman Hasan alias Limon, Parveen alias Halima and Dil Bahar along with 5,000 pieces yaba pills from Bangladesh Bank Colony area on Monday night.

Madhusudan Das, assistant commissioner (Lalbagh division) of DB, said the organised crime and car theft prevention team under the division arrested them by conducting a raid in Bangladesh Bank Colony area at around 12:35am and recovered 5,000 pieces of yaba pills from their possessions.

He said the arrested people used to collect yaba tablets from Cox's Bazar and sell it in Dhaka city and its surrounding areas.