Chattogram, Sept 24 (UNB) – Police and members of the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) on Sunday arrested 20 suspected drug peddlers and seized 1.28 lakh pieces of Yaba pill in their separate drives in different parts of the city.
The team conducted drives from dawn to late night in areas under Bakalia, Dabolmoring, Kotwali and Karnaphuli thanas.
Alamgir Mahmud, officer-in-charge of Karnaphuli Police Station, said police arrested an alleged drug peddler, Md Faruk, along with 1.15 lakh pieces of Yaba pill from Shikalbaha area under the thana around 10:30pm.
Shamim Ahmed, Deputy Director of DNC at Chattogram Metropolitan sub-region, said the other 19 people were arrested from areas like Mariners’ Road and Char Chaktai of Bakalia, Pathantuli under Dabolmoring thana, Firingibazar under Kotwali along with 13,000 pieces of Yaba pill.