Police detain 10 suspected drug dealers and users from Dhaka’s Mohammadpur area.

Eight more suspected drug traffickers were killed in “gunfights” with law enforcers across the country yesterday, raising the number of deaths to 42 in the ongoing countrywide anti-narcotics drive in the last nine days.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) detains 1,415 people during countrywide anti-narcotic drives that started from May 4, its Director General Benazir Ahmed said.

The policemen sustain bullet injuries during an anti-drug drive in Dhupkhola area of Dhaka.