2021-02-02 15:35:40 GMT2021-02-02 23:35:40(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
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DHAKA, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) Police in Bangladesh capital have busted an illicit liquor manufacturing unit and made arrests to break up a bootlegging cartel, after 11 people died from consuming illegally-produced alcohol in two days. We ve conducted a raid at a place in Dhaka and detained six more persons, Mashiur Rahman, deputy commissioner at Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), told reporters on Tuesday.
He said law enforcers launched the raid in the Bhatara area of Dhaka on Monday night and busted the illegal factory.
Following news of 11 deaths from alcohol poisoning in the past two days, the detectives started investigation to determine whether the fatalities were linked.