Narcotics smugglers have long been trying to create a market for the hallucinogenic drug called LSD in Bangladesh, targeting college and university students as consumers.
Law enforcers came up with the findings after seizing 200 pieces of LSD blotter paper from Dhaka on Wednesday night.
The Detective Branch of Police, in a special drive in the capital s Dhanmondi and Lalmatia, recovered LSD worth around Tk six lakh and arrested three university students on charge of smuggling the drug into Bangladesh, said AKM Hafiz Akter, additional commissioner (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police.
The arrestees are Sadman Sakib Rupol, 25, and Ashab Wadud Turjo, 22, both students of North South University, and Adib Ashraf, 23, a student of Independent University Bangladesh.
Building a stronger creative ground with CMISC
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Ashley Shoptorshi Samaddar
Ashley Shoptorshi Samaddar
National Skills Development Authority (NSDA), a wing under the Prime Minister s Office, has formally inaugurated a designated council for creative skills training and development, titled Creative Media Industry Skills Council (CMISC). The core objective of CMISC is to uplift creative skills, resource creation, and employment generation in the fields of film, theatre, television, radio, music, creative advertising, creative publication, online and offline newspapers, fine arts, folk arts, architecture, fashion, and creative literature, including the interconnected sub-sectors.
The inaugural ceremony, presided over by Dulal Krishna Saha, Executive Chairman (Secretary), NSDA, took place on March 10, 2021 at the Multi-Purpose Hall in Bangladesh Film Archive Auditorium, Agargaon, Dhaka. Salman F Rahman, Private Sector Industry and Investment Adviser to
Bangladesh seizes 2kg of crystal meth ice from Teknaf beside Rohingya camp bdnews24.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bdnews24.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Published: 04 Feb 2021 02:53 AM BdST
Updated: 04 Feb 2021 02:53 AM BdST
When the law enforcers in Bangladesh are struggling to control yaba, another amphetamine-based called ‘ice’ has added to the country’s list of fast-spreading illicit substances. );
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People with knowledge of the matter say ‘ice’, also known as crystal meth, is more harmful than yaba.
The Department of Narcotics Control detained a young man in a drive on Dhaka’s Mohammadpur around two years ago. The 5 grams of ‘ice’ found in the operation is believed to be the discovery of the existence of the drug in Bangladesh.