Over 100 held in Mohammadpur anti-drug drive

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members detained over 100 people during an anti-narcotics drive at Geneva camp in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur area today.

Several teams of Rab raided the camp around 11:00am and detained over 100 suspecting their involvement in drug peddling, Commander Mufti Mahmud Khan, legal and media wing director of the Rab, told reporters after the drive.

“We will interrogate the detainees. After scrutinizing, we will take legal action against those, who are the real drug trades,” he said.

During the drive, they also recovered huge amounts of drugs from the camp, said the top Rab official.

“Trades will have to stop drug trading. Rab will continue the drive until the drug trading is fully eradicated from the country. None will be spared,” Mufti Mahmud Khan added.

Geneva camp, also known as Bihari camp, functions as a yaba trade hub for a large part of the city.

On May 4, Rab launched its own anti-narcotics operations while the police headquarters on May 16 instructed all police units across the country to conduct a special 10-day drive from May 18.

Source: thedailystar