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A total of 202 people have been arrested along with a huge quantity of narcotics in drives by Rajshahi range police over the past 24 hours.
This information was given in a press release sent from the Rajshahi range office on Tuesday (22 September).
According to the release, of the 202 arrested, 96 are warranted accused, 20 are convicts, 75 are in cases under investigation and 11 were held under other preventive measures. Besides, 25 drug traders and drug users were detained in separate anti-narcotics drives. A total of 55 cases were filed in different districts under the range in the past 24 hours; among them one for murder, one for robbery, two for theft and 51 for other offences. Six incidents of unnatural death occurred in the same period.
Law enforcers conducted a total of 145 drives to curb crime. In these drives, 6 grams of heroin, 461 bottles of Phensedyl, 28 bottles of cough syrup, 5,879 pieces of yaba, 29 pieces of tapentadol, 13 kilograms 550 grams of ganja, 10 litres of locally brewed liquor and 60 litres of wash were recovered.
Notably, no case relating to dacoity, murder for dowry, the Cyber Protection Act or repression of women and children was recorded in the past 24 hours. During this period, 1,150 citizens received police services.
