DHAKA, Sept 22, 2021 (BSS) - Members of Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka

Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 50 people on charges of selling and
consuming drugs in the city.

  According to a DMP statement issued today, police arrested drug peddlers,
abusers and seized banned as well as illegal drugs from the city's various
areas.

  Police also seized 158 grams and 55 puria (small packet) of heroin, 4.310
kilograms of cannabis (ganja), 12 bottles of phensidyle and 1,679 pieces of
yaba from them, according to the statement.

  Police filed 43 cases against the arrestees with respective police stations
under the Narcotics Control Act.