Desk Report:

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in different operations in the last 24 hours till 6 am Monday (April 22) arrested 26 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 351 pieces of Yaba tablets, 29.5kg hemp, 148gm heroin, 100 bottles of phensedyl, and 153 pieces of Tapentadol tablet from their possessions, according to the statement.

According to the statement, 15 cases were filed against the detained persons under the Narcotics Control Act.