DMP arrests 30 for consuming, selling drugs

City Desk :
Members of the Detective Branch (DB) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), in several anti-drug raids, arrested a total of 30 people on charges of selling and consuming drugs during the last 24 hours till 6am on Saturday.
The DB in association with local police carried out the drives simultaneously at different parts of the metropolis from 6am of March 24 to 6am today, according to a DMP release. In those separate anti-drug drives, police seized huge drugs from their possession, reports BSS.
During the anti-drug raids, police seized 425 pieces of contraband yaba tablets, 200 grams of heroin, 8.680 kilograms of cannabis (ganja) and four bottles of phensedyl syrup from their possession, the release added.
Police filed 24 separate cases against the arrestees in these connections with respective police stations under the Narcotics Control Act.