Dhaka Metropolitan Police Detective Branch (DB) chief Mohammad Harun-or-Rashid has said that the police can conduct raids at any time in case of anti-social activities or illegal sale of liquor.
Additional Commissioner (Detective) Harun said this in response to a question by a journalist at a press conference on Sunday afternoon.
On Thursday night, DB members raided the Lake View Bar of Kingfisher Restaurant in Uttara. The Narcotics Control Directorate said that the police raid on the bar was not the right decision since it had a license.
The DB chief said: "You (journalists) know well whether the police can recover drugs or not, whether they can conduct operations against drugs or not. Section 23 of the Narcotics Control Act clearly states who will or will not conduct a search operation.”
He added that the police could conduct operations against anti-social activities anytime, anywhere. “If alcohol is being sold illegally, the police can conduct raids or searches.”
