‘43,000 ‘drug traders, carriers’ jailed’

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan yesterday said around 43,000 alleged drug traders and carriers are now there in different jails across the country, reports UNB. "Presently, the number of total detainees and prisoners in the country's jails has risen to nearly 90,000 against the total capacity of 37,000. Of them, 43,000 are drug traders and carriers," he said.

The minister was addressing a programme to inaugurate an anti-drug television commercial (TVC) titled "Cholo Jai Juddey, Madoker Biroddhey' (Let's go to war against drugs) at the Karwan Bazar media centre of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in the afternoon. Among others, Public Security Division Secretary Mostafa Kamal Uddin, Protection Service Division Secretary Farid Uddin Ahmed Chowdhury, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr Javed Patwary and Rab Director General Benazir Ahmed addressed the function.

43,000 drug traders, carriers jailed

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan yesterday said around 43,000 alleged drug traders and carriers are now there in different jails across the country, reports UNB. Presently, the number of total detainees and prisoners in the countrys jails has risen to nearly 90,000 against the total capacity of 37,000. Of them, 43,000 are drug traders and carriers, he said. The minister was addressing a programme to inaugurate an anti-drug television commercial (TVC) titled Cholo Jai Juddey, Madoker Biroddhey (Lets go to war against drugs) at the Karwan Bazar media centre of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in the afternoon. Among others, Public Security Division Secretary Mostafa Kamal Uddin, Protection Service Division Secretary Farid Uddin Ahmed Chowdhury, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr Javed Patwary and Rab Director General Benazir Ahmed addressed the function.