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High profile Central Jail raid yields 10 gm ganja

Staff Correspondent
Five hundred security men, in an extensive search lasting over four hours, yesterday seized 10 grams of -ganja-like substance al the Dhaka Central Jail, the largest prison house and a reputed den of drug peddling.
Information of the raid was leaked out beforehand, sources said, alleging that jail guards were bcliind the act.
Over 200 members from police, Rab and Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) started operations at around 9:00am
at the request of jail authorities, following allegations of various illegal activities, particularly Brug peddling inside the jail, 'w/lilch houscsoverl2,000prisoners. I
Although the jail authorities said it was a routine search, this was die first time that RAB has taken part in such an extensive operation in the Dhaka Central Jail.
Accompanied by about 300 jail guards, tliesecuritymensplitinto 12 squads and continued the search until 1:00pm.
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Panic spread among the prisoners as the raid began.
Briefing journalists soon after the drive, jail authorities said nothing significant was found inside the jail Maj Shamsul Haider Siddiqui, Deputy Inspector General (Prisons), said the joint forces seized 10 grams of ganja-like substance andfk 1,660 from the possession of two prisoners.
He said they conducted the raid following allegations of various illegal activities raised by different sections, including the media.
Sources said 'nothing significant' could be found as drugs were taken away to safer places after information about the raid leaked out at around 5:00am.
RAB and police sources said they performed the raid at the request of jail authorities.
The Dhaka Central Jail often witnesses clashes among the prisoners over drug peddling and other illegal activities. On different occasions, the jail authorities have recovered unauthorised Items from inside the jail. A grenade similar to those blasted at the Awami League rally on August 21 last year was recovered the dayaftertheblasL
According to jail inmates, drugs including ganja, heroin, and ehensidyl are available inside the ighly secured prison house, smuggled in with the connivance of cor-rupt jail guards.