Focus also on drug kingpins, not just carriers: Home Adviser

UNB :
Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Wednesday stressed the need for identifying and arresting the kingpins behind drug trafficking networks, saying that targeting only the carriers is not enough to combat the drug menace.
“You asked for tools, they have been provided. Rehabilitation centres worth Tk 1,400 crore have been established. Manpower has increased. Now, it’s time to catch the godfathers. There’s no point in only arresting carriers,” he said.
The adviser was speaking at a press briefing after the distribution of financial grants to representatives of 32 private drug rehabilitation centres, marking the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 2025.
Jahangir Alam pointed out that some border forces of neighbouring countries rely heavily on drug trafficking to sustain their livelihood, which is a key challenge to stopping the illegal inflow of narcotics.
“It’s not like that we’ve been completely successful, but we’re trying. There are so many ‘Bodi’ these days, we’re trying to figure out how to catch them,” Jahangir Alam said.