<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">(DMP) Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested 42 people on charges of selling and consuming drugs during different anti-narcotics drives in the last 24 hours till 6am today.</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Detective Branch (DB) of the DMP in association with local police stations carried out the drives simultaneously starting at 6am.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">According to a press release issued by the DMP, police conducted the operations against the drug sellers and consumers in different areas under various police stations. They also detained a total of 42 drug traffickers and recovered huge drugs from their possessions from 6am of September 8 to 6 am today.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">During the anti-drug drives, police seized five grams of heroin, 3.700 kilograms of cannabis (ganja), 1,823 pieces of contraband yaba tablets and 200 bottles of phensidyl syrup from them, it said.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Police filed 34 cases against the arrestees in these connections with respective police stations under the Narcotics Control Act.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>