52 held for selling and consuming drugs in the city in the last 24 hours

Members of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), in separate anti-drug operations, arrested 52 people on charges of selling and consuming drugs in the city during the last 24 hours till 6am on Friday.

According to a DMP press release issued, the police teams arrested the drug peddlers and abusers and seized the illegal drugs while conducting the anti-drug drives in the city's various areas.

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During the operations, the police seized 714 pieces of yaba tablets, 32gm heroin, 60kg cannabisand four bottles of phensedyl syrup, the release added.

Police filed 36 cases against the arrested in these connections with police stations concerned under the Narcotics Control Act.