50 held for selling, consuming drugs in Dhaka city

50 held for selling, consuming drugs in Dhaka city

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Staff Correspondent: Dhaka, Sept-22,

Members of the 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.

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