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June
13, 2000
Manikganj,
July 12 (UNB) – There is an alarming upswing of narcotics business
in the town despite the claim of the Narcotics Control Department that
they have stepped up their drive against the drug traders.
Every
day large quantities of drugs enter into the country from India and
are supplied to different districts by the smugglers through Aricha
ghat before the nose of the law enforcers, local people alleged.
Sources
said drugs like heroin, phensidyl, hemp, afim etc are being carried to
different areas by roads and river routes.
The
drug trading is also going on unabated in Shibaloya, Ghior, Daulatpur,
Horirampur, Singair, Saturia and Sadar upazilas giving rise to
anti-social activities in the district.
The
local people also alleged that police and concerned officials and
employees are taking bribes from the drug traders regularly giving
rise to the trading.
Local
leaders urged the government to look into the matter and take
stringent action against the drug traders without further delay.
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