Dhaka, 29 Jan – The High Court Division of the Supreme Monday ordered Police Bureau Investigation (PBI) to take initiative for preventing influx of all kinds of narcotics including Yaba, cannabis and Phensidyl through several borders of the country.The High Court bench of Justice Kazi Reza-ul Haque and Justice Mohammad Ullah passed the order on Monday.
The High Court also directed the Home Ministry Secretary and Inspector General of Police to send special direction to stop illegal narcotics transportation, sale and distribution in the country. The court asked the Chief of the Police Bureau of Investigation to submit a report to this effect before the court within a month and fixed March 1 for passing further order on this issue.
In the rule, the court also asked the respondents to explain in four weeks why their inaction to stop incursion of yaba and other narcotics, their carrying and illegal marketing in the country should not be declared illegal.
Deputy attorney general Taposh Kumar Biswas stood for the state during the hearing. – Special Correspondent
