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Local police stations and the Detective Branch (DB) of the DMP separately carried out the simultaneous drive starting at 6:00 am on Monday, said DMP Deputy Commissioner (Media) Walid Hossain.
A total of 697 Yaba tablets, 263.5 gm heroin, 12.160 kg hemp, and 395 bottles of Phensedyl were recovered from the arrestees’ possession, he said.
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Meanwhile, Officer-in-charge (OC) of Pallabi Police Station Kazi Wazed Ali said based on a secret information, a special team of the police station raided New Sagupta residential area at around 1:40 pm on Monday and arrested two alleged drug dealers identified as—Abdus Salam, 55, and Md Badsha Mia, 55, and seized 390 bottles of Phensedyl from their possession.
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In another separate drive, a team of Jatrabari police station conducted a raid in front of Dhania College Gate at around 6:05 pm on Monday. The police team arrested Md Jahangir Alam, 40, along with 8 kgs of hemp, said the OC of Jatrabari Police station Md Mazaharul Islam.
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