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DMP arrests 45 for selling, consuming drugs in city
DHAKA, Nov 8, 2020 (BSS) – Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 45 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 1,197 pieces of yaba tablets, more than 76 grams of heroin, 540 grams of cannabis, a cannabis plant, 17 bottles of phensedyl and 12 bottles of bears were recovered from the arrested persons’ possession, said a DMP press release here.
A total of 38 cases were filed with different police stations under the Narcotics Control Act in these regards.
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