Desk Report:

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in different operations in the last 24 hours till 6 am Sunday (March 31) arrested 17 persons for their alleged involvement in selling and consuming drugs.

Being informed, the DMP’s police and detective units conducted the anti-drug campaign in the city’s various areas, seizing drugs and arresting drug sellers and abusers, said a DMP statement today.

They seized 176 pieces of Yaba tablets, 5.5kg hemp, 20 pieces of injection and 3 bottles of phensedyl from their possessions, according to the statement.

According to the statement, 14 cases were filed against the detained persons under the Narcotics Control Act.