The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in different operations in the last 24 hours till 6 am Wednesday (April 26) arrested 28 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 673 pieces of Yaba tablets, 1kg hemp, 145gm heroin, 52 bottles of Phencidyl and 8 litre of local wine from their possessions, the statement said. 

According to the statement, a total of 16 cases have been filed against the detained persons under the Narcotics Control Act.

BDST: 1206 HRS, APRIL 26, 2023
MSK