Detectives from the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) have arrested two women with 14 kilograms of hemp during a raid in Mugda area of the capital.
The arrestees were identified as Angura Begum, 46, and Rahima Begum, 24.
According to the Detective Branch (DB) of Motijheel Division, a team conducted the raid around 10:15pm on Thursday on a road adjacent to Mugda Medical College Hospital under Mugda Police Station, acting on a tip-off.
Police said they received information that a group of drug traffickers was bringing a consignment of hemp to Dhaka from Brahmanbaria. Based on the intelligence, the DB team intercepted the suspects and recovered the drugs from their possession.
The market value of the seized drugs is approximately Tk 2.8 lakh.
During initial interrogation, the suspects reportedly admitted to collecting hemp from border areas of Brahmanbaria and supplying it to different parts of Dhaka over a long period.
The arrested women have been sent to court for further legal proceedings.
