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Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Vows To End 'drug Menace' As Traffickers Killed
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published May 21, 2018 | 03:53 PM
Nine suspected traffickers were killed in Bangladesh on Monday in an intensifying crackdown against a "drug menace" that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has likened to the country's war on homegrown militants.
Dhaka, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 21st May, 2018 ) :Nine suspected traffickers were killed in Bangladesh on Monday in an intensifying crackdown against a "drug menace" that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has likened to the country's war on homegrown militants.
The latest shootings take to 22 the number of alleged traffickers killed since Dhaka last week announced a pushback against the surging trade in methamphetamine and other drugs. Authorities told AFP that five dealers gunned down on Monday were "top regional drug lords".
One opened fire at a checkpoint as he sped past on a motorbike, said the Rapid Action Battalion police unit leading the anti-drug offensive. "We were compelled to fire back," RAB operations officer Anwar Hossain said. Four other dealers were killed separately in gang wars, police said.
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