Is the govt really willing to eliminate drug peddling?

At the beginning of the anti-narcotics drive, the government stated that the crackdown would continue until drug peddling is eliminated from the country.
However, six months into the move, drug consumption and peddling are going unabated. And all on a sudden, the law enforcement are thinking of ending the drives.
What is the point of such a big arrangement and where is the outcome?
According to a Prothom Alo report published on Sunday, as many as 300 people were killed in reported gunfights since the anti-narcotics drive began. Most of them were small traders.
Among the 60,000 arrestees, there are only a few big traders. Those who are known as ‘godfathers’, including a member of parliament (MP) of the ruling Awami League, went into hiding shortly after the drive had begun.
Despite huge criticism and question about the credibility of anti-drugs operation at home and abroad, the authorities did not pay heed to the matter.
Although the government tried to portray the killings as 'gunfights', things were not that simple. Call records show Teknaf’s counselor Ekramul Huq was killed when he refused to pay police the bribe.
Sheepa Hafiza, executive director of Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK), termed these incidents 'serious human rights violation'.
Killing of so many people in such a short time is unprecendent in Bangladesh’s history.
The government had said that everyone involved in the peddling of drugs would be brought to book. But in reality, only the petty peddlers were nabbed or killed whereas the masterminds were spared.
We have also seen the law enforcement agencies competing among themselves to do more gunfights. If the government was to eliminate drug peddling, they had to stop the drugs crossing the borders, which certainly did not take place. The chance to do wholesale arrest let many of the law enforcement an opportunity to extort money from the arrestees. On many occasions, their involvement with the peddlers were evident.
According to government data, the law enforcement agencies had to take disciplinary action against 100 of their members for their involvement in drug peddling. It is hard to believe that such forces that have so many members involved in the crime will be able to contain the menace.
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) sources say over 4 million yaba pills were seized between May and September last year while from May to August this year the number is over 13 million. And there are millions being bought and sold, which remain undocumented.
Such huge numbers only prove that the effort to stop drugs crossing the border has failed.
And now they are putting an end to the drive. We wonder what could be the reason for killing so many people. And why so many people were arrested?