As Eid ul Fitr approaches, drug dealers have become desperate. Two counter forces are in operation: on one hand, drug traders are spreading narcotics across the country and on the other, law enforcers are carrying out drives.
In the drive, 480 drug traders have been killed and more than 300 drug dealers surrendered.
After death of several traders, the drug operation saw a temporary stoppage but following a hiatus, the dealers have become active in the running month. On May 23 morning, large amount of beer and foreign alcohol was seized by the police form a covered van, on May yaba and Phensidyl were seized by law enforcers.
As per the information of Ain o Salish Kendra, from May 4, 2018 till May 5 this year, 348 drug traders were killed during shoot-out with police.
Meanwhile, Police Headhunters says that in 2018, 125,000 criminals were arrested for drug related crimes with more than 100,000 cases lodged. During this time, 320 million pieces of yaba were recovered.
Executive director of Ain o Salish Kendra, Shipa Hafiz, says: “Unless the real kingpins are apprehended, drug trade cannot be contained.”
Narcotics Control Department claims that due to countrywide drive, the availability of drugs has lessened a bit.
DG of Narcotics Control Department, Md. Jamal Uddin Ahmed, says: “Now people don’t sell drugs openly but if we get specific information about drug trade we will carry out more campaigns.”
DMP headquarters say that from May 7 till May 26, in the 21 days of Ramandan, 2,262 persons were arrested for drug related offences.
Police officials are unanimous in saying that drugs cannot be controlled with drives only; an anti-drug social awareness needs to be created.
Also, those ensnared into a world of drugs need to be saved.”
Joint commissioner of police, Md. Mahbub ul Alam, observed: “It’s the duty of the state and society to uproot drugs; we need to work unitedly to reduce the number of addicts.”
Director of RAB’s legal and media wing, commander Mufti Mahmud Khan, states: “To bring drug usage down to zero needs time but with proper effort, dugs can be controlled; to tackle this menace, people need to help law enforcers.”