Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 52 people on charge of selling and consuming drugs during anti-narcotics drive in the capital in the last 24 hours till 6:00 am on Saturday.
The Detective Branch (DB) of the DMP in association with local police stations carried out the simultaneous drive starting at 6:00 am on Friday.
A total of 1,216 Yaba tablets, 112 gm heroin, 27.66 kg hemp, 54 bottles of Phensidyl were recovered from the arrestees’ possession, DMP Deputy Commissioner (Media) Md Walid Hossen said at a press briefing on Saturday noon.