Drug abuse becoming harder to prevent
Drug abuse becoming harder to prevent

Drugs are flowing into the country via land, sea, and air, primarily infiltrating from neighboring India and Myanmar. To date, 25 different types of drugs have been detected. The situation has become alarming, prompting the Directorate of Narcotics Control (DNC) to designate 32 districts along the...

14 criminals from Geneva Camp arrested in Sylhet-Habiganj-Brahmanbaria operation
14 criminals from Geneva Camp arrested in Sylhet-Habiganj-Brahmanbaria operation

Mohammadpur Geneva Camps drug lord Sohel, known as Buniya Sohel, along with 14 members of his criminal gang, has been arrested. On Thursday and Friday, RAB-9 and RAB-2 conducted operations in Sylhet city, Habiganj, and Brahmanbaria to apprehend them. ASP Mashiur Rahman Sohel, Media Officer of...

Drug smugglers thrive at Benapole as scanners remain dysfunctional
Drug smugglers thrive at Benapole as scanners remain dysfunctional

Drug-peddling rackets have become increasingly active at the countrys largest land port in Benapole, taking advantage of three non-functional scanning machines due to the indifference of the authorities concerned, reports UNB. The recovery of Phensedyl bottles and other drugs has recently...

Colombia set new record of cocaine production: UN
Colombia set new record of cocaine production: UN

A United Nations (UN) report says that the Colombia, the worlds biggest cocaine exporter, set a new record last year for production of the drug and cultivation of the coca leaf it is made from, reports BSS. Coca leaf cultivation was 10 percent higher last year than in 2022, while cocaine...