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Police arrest 2,448 in anti-drug drive over week

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04 August, 2020, 05:45 pm
Last modified: 04 August, 2020, 05:48 pm

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Police arrest 2,448 in anti-drug drive over week

Some 1,720 cases were filed against those arrested

TBS Report
04 August, 2020, 05:45 pm
Last modified: 04 August, 2020, 05:48 pm
Police arrest 2,448 in anti-drug drive over week

Police have arrested 2,448 people across the country in an anti-drug campaign over one week. 

Some 1,720 cases were filed against those arrested, read a press issued by Bangladesh Police on Tuesday.

From July 26 to August 1 a total of 2,275 alleged drug dealers and users have been arrested by police in 1,720 cases in seven days of the anti-drug campaign. 

During this campaign, police have seized: 4,43,886 yaba tablets, 9,446 bottles of phensedyl, 2.2 kilogrammes of heroin, 408 kilogrammes of cannabis, 23,511 liters of domestic liquor, and 346 bottles of foreign liquor. 
 

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