The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in different operations in the last 24 hours till 6 am Friday (November 10) arrested 16 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 532 pieces of Yaba tablets, 1.5kg of hemp and 36 puria of heroin from their possessions, according to the statement. 

According to the statement, 12 cases were filed against the detained persons under the Narcotics Control Act.

BDST: 1109 HRS, NOV 10, 2023
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