Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 58 people on charge of selling and consuming drugs during anti-narcotics drive in the capital in the last 24 hours till 6:00 am on Monday.

The Detective Branch (DB) of the DMP in association with local police stations carried out the simultaneous drive starting at 6:00 am on Sunday.

A total of 6,964 Yaba tablets, 151 gm heroin, 11.190 kg hemp, 20 bottles of Phensidyl were recovered from the arrestees’ possession, said DMP Deputy Commissioner (Media) Md Walid Hossen on Monday.