70 held for selling, consuming drugs in city

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) conducting drives at different parts of the city arrested 70 people on charges of selling and consuming drugs during last 24 hours till 6am on Friday.

During the anti-drug drive, some 824 pieces of yaba, 160.25 grams 'Puriya heroin', 79.95 kilograms (kg) ganja, 20 intoxicating injections, six liters of local liquor and 72 bottles of Phensidyl were recovered from their possession, said a DMP press release.

A total of 52 cases under the Narcotics Control Act have been filed against the arrestees with respective police stations.