DMP arrests 35 for consuming, selling drug

Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in anti-drug drives have arrested 35 persons for consuming and selling drugs in the city.

According to a DMP statement issued here on Friday, as part of the campaign, police conducted raids in different areas under various police stations and detained 35 drug abusers and recovered drugs from their possession from 6:00am on October 21, 2021 to 6:00am Friday.

During the drives, police also seized 87 grams of heroin, 7.645 kilograms and 40 puria (small packet) of cannabis, 414 pieces of yaba tablets, four litres of local liquor and 147 bottles of phensidyl, it said.