An alleged drug dealer was killed in a “gunfight” between law enforcers and his cohorts in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar yesterday.

Three alleged drug peddlers were killed in “gunfights” with BGB and police in Cox’s Bazar and Mymensingh early yesterday.

An alleged drug peddler and a suspected criminal were killed in “gunfights” with police in Mymensingh and Chapainawabganj yesterday.

A suspected drug peddler was killed in a “gunfight” with police at Teknaf upazila in Cox’s Bazar early yesterday.

An alleged yaba trader was killed in a “gunfight” with police in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf upazila early yesterday.

A suspected drug trader was killed in a “gunfight” with the members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar early yesterday.

A suspected drug peddler was killed in an alleged gunfight with police at Harua Bazar area in Mymensingh’s Ishwarganj upazila early yesterday.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said if allegations are proved, every drug dealer, no matter how powerful they are, would be punished.

An alleged drug peddler was killed in a “shootout” with Rab in the capital yesterday, the first such incident in the city since the beginning of a countrywide anti-narcotics drive by the elite force on May 4.

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police has shortlisted top drug traders in the capital and their patrons including some linked to the ruling Awami League, and will launch a crackdown on them after further scrutiny.

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.

An alleged drug dealer was killed in a "gunfight" between his cohorts and Rab in Chittagong city's Ice Factory Road area early yesterday.