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Chapai Nawabganj becomes a hub of narcotic crimes
CHAPAI NAWABGANJ. Mar 6: Though drug seizures are up. drug lords have turned the frontier district into a hub of narcotic crimes, reports UNB.
Locals said phensidyl. heroin, pathedrine. hemp, rectified spirit, local and foreign made liquors, opium, morphine and sedative tablets have never been so widely available here.
Sources at local Narcotics Control Department said most of these drugs are. brought into the country through various routes in Sadar ana ShibganJ thanas.
They said the drug lords are now more organised than ever before as they are enjoying the
blessings of a section of dishonest law enforcement officials and political leaders.
Another source said the trend of making low-quality liquor has increased In different areas of Sadar. ShibganJ. Gomostapur and Nachol thanas. "And It's being sold openly."
There is also a phensidyl factory at Ranihatl in Sadar thana.
A drug syndicate member, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said once they had to bribe police in different points, especially ferry ghats and bus terminals. "but with the Inauguration of Bangabandhu
Bridge we can safely send drugs to our destinations without giving them bribe."
There are three authorised alcohol uatis' (counters) and four tart vatls' here from where 255 authorised consumers take wines.
Under the existing provision, each consumer can take nine liters of wine, a rule hardly practiced.
Like other parts of the country. homeo shops here loo have been the subject of red flags as manv of them openly sell various brands of liquors and rectified spirits.
Still worst, majorities of the drug addicts are teenagers, par-
ticularly in rural areas where school students take opium, morphine sedative tablets and rectified.
Narcotics Control Department here seized drugs worth of Tk 50.000 and filed 34 departmental cases against 49 people last year, while police arrested 30 people, seized drug worth about Tk 40,000 and filed 38 cases during the period.
"Had there been proper coordination between the administration and the Narcotics Department. the drug lords could nave been dealt with In stronger hand." said a senior official of the department wishing anonymity.