Tk 6.5 cr drugs destroyed
Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) of 39 Battalion destroyed huge addictive substances worth about Tk 6.5 crore at the battalion headquarters yesterday. They destroyed 5.3 kg heroin, 21,960 bottles and 72 litres of phensidyl, 208 bottles and 369 litres liquor, 1,479 ampules injection and 13.75 kg cannabis in presence of deputy commissioner (DC) KM Ali Azam, mayor of Chapainawabganj, police, narcotic and BDR officials. The border guards recovered the drugs and arrested 20 drug peddlers during the drives conducted across the district from August 7 to October 17. Sixteen cases were filed with different police stations in this regard.
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