Law enforcement agencies, including narcotics department, filed 1,06,536 cases against 1,32,883 drug peddlers on charge of drug abuse in 2017.
“Police, RAB, BGB, Coast Guard and all law enforcement agencies filed 27,340 cases and arrested 35,112 accused till March 2018,” Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal told this at the Jatiya Sangsad on Monday.
Replying to a question from treasury bench member Begum Pinu Khan, he said that district administration across the country is also providing cooperation to bring illegal drug abuse under control.
