Rab said a drug peddler was killed in a “gunfight” with its patrol team in Baraigram upazila early yesterday.

Defending law enforcing agencies' position against drug traders, Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) Commissioner Mahbubur Rahman yesterday said the deaths in shootouts between law enforcement agencies and drug peddlers happen for the sake of peace.

Seventy-five more people are detained in Dhaka as lawmen have been continuing anti-narcotic drives across the country for the last 24 days.

Detectives arrest six persons including two Rohingyas on charge of supplying yaba tablets by ingesting them in capsule form.

It was 1:30pm. Some 1,000 policemen started gathering near Karwan Bazar kitchen market in the capital yesterday. The mobilisation of so many cops drew a huge crowd, curious to know what was happening.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan says the crackdown against drug dealers will continue until the situation comes under control.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members detain over 100 people during an anti-narcotics drive at Geneva camp in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur area.