DMP arrests 43 for selling, consuming drugs in city

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DHAKA, Oct 29, 2020 (BSS) – Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 43 people on charges of selling and consuming drugs during different anti-narcotics drives in the last 24 hours till 6am today.

The Detective Branch (DB) of the DMP in association with local police stations carried out the simultaneous drives starting at 6am on Wednesday.

A total of 12,647 pieces of yaba tablets, more than 286 grams of heroin, 1.35 kg cannabis, 12 bottles of Phensedyl and 12 sedative injections were recovered from the arrested persons’ possession, said a DMP press release here.

A total of 31 cases were filed with different police stations under the Narcotics Control Act in these regards.