United News of Bangladesh

Detective Branch (DB) of police in a drive detained 85 individuals, including 26 women, from a house owned by Additional DIG Abdullah Al Zahirul, in the capital's Purbachal area, over alleged drug use and 'organization of a DJ party', in the small hours of Tuesday morning. The drive was conducted around 2:30am inside the Police Housing area of Purbachal, and continued till Tuesday afternoon, said DB Additional Commissioner Shafiqul Islam on Tuesday. Five bottles of liquor and a large quantity of synthetic drugs were recovered during the operation, he said. Additional DIG Abdullah Al Zahirul, had rented it out to the organisers of the parties. According to DB sources, the organisers used to hold DJ parties at the house and advertise the events online to attract participants through a registration process. People of different age groups, including young men and women, reportedly attended the parties, where drugs were allegedly arranged under the cover of DJ events. The DMP has yet to provide further details about the operation or the legal action against those detained. Meanwhile, Additional DIG Abdullah Al Zahirul (supernumerary) repair and maintenance branch of Police Headquarters was withdrawn and attached to the Police Headquarters. A notification, signed by IGP Ali Hossain Fakir, was issued on Tuesday and the order will remain effective until further notice.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 42 people during its ongoing anti-narcotics drive in the capital in 24 hours till 6am on Thursday. Detective Branch (DB) of police and different police stations under the DMP carried out separate drives starting from 6am on Wednesday. Read more: 44 arrested in DMP anti-drugs drive During the drives, police recovered 798 Yaba pills  52 small packets containing 29 grams of heroin, 7.5 kg of hemp, 46 bottles of Phensidyl syrup and liquor from their possession, said a press release of DMP media centre. A total of 35 cases were filed with police stations concerned under the Narcotics Control Act, it said. Read more: DMP arrests 72 in anti-narcotics drive in city

Members of Bangladesh Navy have detained 26 Indian fishermen along with two fishing boats from the Fairway Buoy area of the Bay of Bengal for illegally fishing inside the Bangladesh water territory.