The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in different operations in the last 24 hours till 6 am Monday (August 28) arrested 47 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, according to a DMP statement.

They seized 3,329 pieces of Yaba tablets, 14.85kg of hemp, 58.5gm of heroin, and 10 pieces of injectable drugs from their possessions, the statement said. 

According to the statement, 35 cases were filed against the detained persons under the Narcotics Control Act.

BDST: 1201 HRS, AUG 28, 2023
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