Tag: Drugs
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I am afraid to even take the name of Julo Bahini.
The main base of Juno Bahini is at Shukradandi near Patiya Munsef Bazar along the Chattogram-Cox's Bazar Highway. Their drug trade and other crimes take place in the empty swamps of the area. Raju Hussain alias Guli used to be the right hand man of Raju Julo. But on April 27, when there was a…
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SEO-friendly meta title: Drug abuse on the rise among youth: new survey
It has been told in the survey of Narcotics Control Directorate that drugs are coming from 389 places (points) in 30 districts bordering the country. The maximum number of 43 sites have been identified in Dinajpur. Drugs are coming from 38 places in Feni. There are more than 20 places in Thakurgaon, Nilphamari, Jessore and…
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Drugs from the dark web, paid in bitcoin
On July 5 last year, the Directorate of Narcotics Control arrested a drug peddler named Nazmul Islam from Basundhara, Dhaka with possession of .75 grams (238 colored printed blotting paper strips) of LSD (Lysergic Acid Diethylamide). His mobile phone and laptop were examined in the police’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) lab. Speaking to Prothom Aalo,…
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Saudi Arabia, Syria welcome easing ties, agree to fight drug trafficking
Much of it is believed to be sold to buyers in Gulf Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia. Assad’s government denies involvement in manufacturing and trafficking the drug and says it fights to stop the lucrative trade. Mekdad’s visit to Jeddah comes two days before Saudi Arabia is to host another meeting of regional foreign ministers…
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Court orders initiation of trial against Irfan Saleem, four others in Navy officer attack case
Mr. Prannath, Irfan’s counsel, said the judge passed the order treating Irfan as an absconder and fixed March 6 for hearing the witnesses. “My client will surrender in court and seek bail as soon as he recovers,” he said. Irfan’s bodyguard Zahidul Mollah, driver Mizanur Rehman, Haji Salim’s protocol officer AB Siddiqui Deepu and Qazi…
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Opium cultivation booming in post-coup Myanmar: UN
According to the World Bank, the combination of the pandemic and the aftermath of the coup hit Myanmar’s economy with an 18 percent contraction in 2021. About 40 percent of the population was living in poverty in 2022, and Douglas said that financial hardship had forced many laborers to leave urban areas to work in…
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Drug trafficking is on the rise: why godfathers stay out of reach
In 2018, the government launched a special campaign against drugs. Small-scale drug dealers were caught in that campaign but the big fish and godfathers remained out of reach. Allegations of extrajudicial killings and widespread human rights violations emerged during the operation. In February 2019, some 101 drug dealers listed by the Ministry of Home Affairs…
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Marijuana May Hold Promise As Treatment For PTSD
More than 5 million people suffer from symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) annually, and new research suggests that cannabis may help them find relief and may even offer better care than the current class of drugs commonly used to treat the disorder. According to research published in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology, the administering of synthetic…
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45 kg hemp recovered
RAB (Rapid Action Battalion) and NCD (Narcotics Control Department) workers jointly recovered 45 kg of hemp from Chandana crossing in Gazipur Sadar upazila on Friday morning. They have arrested 3 three drug peddlers in this connection. They are: Abdul Hye, 42, son of Isahar of Kamarchar village, Osiuzzaman, 34, son of Jakim Uddin and Sona…
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Police seized 55 kg of cannabis
55 kg of cannabis were seized from bus at Mirpur section 2 by the police. In this connection the driver was arrested as at the time of search only the driver was found. Police raided the bus that came from Brahmanbaria and recovered the cannabis from specially made ceiling. Narcotics could be kept hidden in…
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Drugs Become Less Functioning In Space
Astronauts on long space missions cannot afford to rely on drugs as some recent studies represent the view that drugs like paracetamol and antibiotics lose their effectiveness in space. Johnson Space Centre’s Scientists have shown the rapidly declining effectiveness of drugs in space. One of the reasons may be the way of preservation that our…