The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in different operations in the last 24 hours till 6 am Tuesday (April 25) arrested 17 persons for their alleged involvement in selling and consuming drugs.

Being informed, the DMP’s police and detective units conducted the anti-drug campaign in the city’s various areas, seizing drugs and arresting drug sellers and abusers, said a DMP statement today.

They seized 135 pieces of Yaba tablets, 805gm hemp, 115gm 105 puria of heroin and 10 litre of local wine from their possessions, the statement said. 

According to the statement, a total of 12 cases have been filed against the detained persons under the Narcotics Control Act.

BDST: 1309 HRS, APR 25, 2023
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