Anti-drug procession at Rangpur
A Correspondent, Rangpur
People of Lalbag in Rangpur brought out a big ant-drug procession on Thursday demanding steps by law enforcers to check drug use and arrest of drug traders.About 3000 people under the banner of Lalbag Ancholik Shanti Rokkha Committee paraded streets in the town and handed over memorandums to the Deputy Commissioner (DC) and the Police Superintendent (SP). Leaders of the committee told the DC and the SP that they would extend all out cooperation to the administration to eradicate drug use and trade. Sultan Ahmed Raza, president of the committee complained to the DC and SP that drugs, mainly phensidyl, are being sold at seven spots in Lalbag area. The leaders alleged that the drug peddlers, sheltered by a section of law enforcers threaten local people if they oppose drug trading , they told the DC and the SP. They told the officials that drug peddling increased in the town but the law enforcers did not take any action. They said the committee will launch other programmes to create awareness among people against drug use. In the past local people caught several drug peddlers and handed them over to police but police did not take any action against hem, leaders of the committee alleged.
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