Dhaka, May 27 -- The police say incidents of drug cache seizure and arrest of drug trafficking suspects have even increased despite the lockdowns and closure of borders.

"The rate of other crimes has dropped, but the drug cartels are as active as they were before," Shahbagh police chief Abul Hasan said.

Sarwar Bin Quasem, the spokesman for the Rapid Action Battalion, said they had arrested more drug suspects during the lockdown than they did in any other time.

The number of suspected drug traders arrested between Mar 1 and May 23 in Bangladesh was 1,535. The law enforcement made a total of 986 arrests in January and February.

The RAB seized around 1 million yaba pills, nearly 24,000 bottles of phensedyl and 10 kg of heroin in the Mar ...