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The members of the Detective Branch (DB) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in several anti-drug campaigns arrested a total of 34 people on charges of selling and consuming drugs during the last 24 hours till 6 am on Friday (17 May).
The DB in association with local police carried out the drives simultaneously at different parts of the metropolis from 6 am of May 16 to 6 am today, according to a DMP release. In those separate anti-drug raids, police seized huge drugs from their possessions.
During the anti-drug campaign, police seized 93 pieces of contraband yaba tablets, 138 grams of heroin, 2.350 kilograms of cannabis (ganja), 48 bottles of Phensedyl syrup and 79 litres of foreign-made liquor from their possessions, the release added.
Police filed 22 separate cases against the arrestees in these connections with respective police stations under the Narcotics Control Act.
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