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DMP-ARREST
Police arrest 27 for selling, consuming drugs in city
DHAKA, Aug 16, 2020 (BSS) – Detective police arrested 27 people on the charges of selling and consuming drugs during anti-narcotics drives in capital in the last 24 hours till 6am today.
The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in association with local police stations carried out the simultaneous drive starting at 6am on Saturday.
A total of 5,182 pieces of yaba tablets, 158 grams of heroin and 3.670-kg of cannabis were recovered from the arrestees’ possession.
A total of 20 cases were filed with different police stations under the Narcotics Control Act in these regard.
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