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DMP arrests 49 for selling, consuming drugs in city
DHAKA, Sept 20, 2020 (BSS) – Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 49 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 Saturday.
A total of 1,936 pieces of yaba tablets, 169 grams of heroin, 1.90 kg cannabis and 4 sedative injections were recovered from the arrested persons’ possession, said a DMP press release here.
A total of 44 cases were filed with different police stations under the Narcotics Control Act in these regards.
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