DMP arrests 36 for consuming, selling drugs in Dhaka

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 36 people on charges of selling and consuming drugs in the capital in the last 24 hours.

Several drives were carried out simultaneously at different parts of the metropolis from 6am on Wednesday to 6am on Thursday, according to a DMP release.

During the anti-drug drives, police seized 1,040 pieces of contraband Yaba tablets, 83 kg 700 gm of cannabis (ganja), 57.2 gm of heroin, 4 bottles of foreign alcohol, and 2 bottles of local alcohol was seized, the release added.

Police filed 28 separate cases against the arrestees in these connections with respective police stations under the Narcotics Control Act.

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