Sarwar Bin Quasem, the spokesman for the Rapid Action Battalion, said they had arrested more drug suspects during the lockdown than they did in any other time. The number of suspected drug traders arrested between Mar 1 and May 23 in Bangladesh was 1,535. The seizures in January and February totalled around half a million yaba pills, 16,000 bottles of phensedyl and 14kg heroin. The seized drug hauls also included cannabis, wine, beer, pathogen injection ampoules, Viagra and other illicit drugs. A total of 12 suspected drug dealers died in so-called gunfights amid the lockdown.

Source: bd News24 May 26, 2020 23:15 UTC