DMP arrests 41 for consuming, selling drugs in city

In a regular anti-drugs campaign, the Detective Branch (DB) under the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has arrested 41 persons for consuming and selling drugs in the capital city.

According to a DMP statement issued on Friday, as part of the campaign, the police raided different areas under various police stations and detained 41

drug abusers and recovered drugs from their possession from 6 am on December 16, 2021 to 6 am on Friday.

During the anti-drug campaign, police seized 160 grams and 45 puria (small packet) of heroin, 28.151 kilograms and 40 puria (small packet) of cannabis, 9,255 pieces of yaba tablets, 100 bottles of phensidyl, four litre of local liquor and 200 grams of ice from them, it said.

Police filed 31 cases against the arrestees in this connection with police stations concerned under the Narcotics Control Act.