A  Correspondent Gazipur:

Joint forces have detained 72 people along with a huge amount of drugs, locally made weapons and Tk 22 lakh in cash for their suspected involvement in drug trading at Keranirtek slum of Tongi in Gazipur.

The detainees include 51 men and 21 women.

Tipped off, a team of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), police, and army members conducted a drive around 3:30 am in the slum in Station Road area of Tongi.

During the drive, the joint forces recovered drugs, cannabis, phensedyl, yaba, a large number of locally made weapons, Tk 22,81,300 in cash from different shanties of the slum.

Besides, 1,100 litres of local and foreign alcohol were seized from Hotel Javan.

Around 500 members from various law enforcement agencies participated in the operation.