Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said that the government will succeed in eradicating drugs like terrorism and militancy. Let's be tough together to eradicate drugs. Identify the traffickers and bring them under the law. I swear that no drug business will find a place in our country.
He was speaking as the chief guest at the Border Guard Bangladesh-BGB regional headquarters in Cox's Bazar on Wednesday morning. Drugs worth a record Tk 535 crore were destroyed at that time.
We have to succeed in eradicating drugs," he said. Otherwise, there will be obstacles in the place where the country is moving forward at a relentless pace. Those of whom we are proud, our future generations will lose their way.
Asked by reporters why drug trafficking is not being stopped despite the government's goodwill, the home minister said. The government is getting tougher and tougher against drugs. All kinds of efforts are being taken. We must succeed. This war must be won.
BGB Cox's Bazar Region Deputy Commander Colonel. According to Masud Karim, 1 crore 77 lakh pieces of yaba, 6 thousand bottles of liquor, 33 thousand cans of beer and 1,736 liters of distilled liquor have been recovered in the last two years. Its market value is 535 crore rupees.
According to the BGB commander, 91 lakh 61 thousand pieces of yaba were seized along with the owner and 2 crore 25 lakh pieces were recovered without the owner. The drugs were destroyed at the BGB's Cox's Bazar regional headquarters on Wednesday.
BGB Regional Commander Brigadier General Sajedur Rahman said the BGB was pursuing a zero tolerance policy against drugs on the instructions of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. As a result, there has already been great success in stopping drug trafficking.
It was present among others - Inspector General of Police. Benazir Ahmed, Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs. Shahiduzzaman, BGB Additional Director General Khairul Kabir, MP Saimum Sarwar Kamal, Ashek Ullah Rafiq, Zafar Alam. Kaniz Fatema Ahmed and others. BGB Cox's Bazar Regional Commander Brigadier General presided over the ceremony. Sajedur Rahman.