Dhaka, Dec. 28 -- The Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) arrested 3,152 people and seized a huge quantity of drugs during 9,910 anti-drug drives conducted across Rangpur division over the last 11 and a half months.
Additional Director of the DNC's Rangpur divisional office Md Masud Hossain said the operations were carried out from January to December 15 this year in all eight districts of the division - Rangpur, Kurigram, Gaibandha, Lalmonirhat, Nilphamari, Dinajpur, Thakurgaon and Panchagarh. During the drives, the DNC recovered and seized about 10,600 kilograms of ganja, 4,500 bottles of phensedyl, 500 grams of heroin and 5,500 Yaba tablets, along with various other domestic and foreign illegal drugs. Vehicles and cash used in drug tr...