Drug syndicate of coordinators spread across the country

News report

The five people arrested from Gulshan on charges of extortion, including coordinator Riyad, are not only extortionists, but also members of a drug syndicate. Hundreds of such young coordinators have used their identities to build a powerful drug syndicate across the country. They used to carry drugs across the country, sell them safely, and create new consumers. Many of those they met while participating in the July movement are now part of their drug syndicate.

They used to regularly collect bribes from bars and drug dens across the country, including Dhaka, for the past 11 months. At the same time, those involved were forced to sell their drugs in those places. This information has been revealed by several responsible sources.

According to multiple sources in the Gulshan-Banani area, the drug trade that previously existed in these elite areas was taken over by the coordinators after August 5th.

Taking this opportunity, influential drug dealers in the area made deals with these coordinators. They first built friendships with them by giving them money and the opportunity to consume drugs. Later, they used these coordinators to transport drugs safely. Through them, a safe drug transportation syndicate was built with more than a hundred coordinators across the country.

Sources say that the number of drug users has also increased due to the formation of new syndicates after August 5. Several sources believe that transporting and home delivering drugs other than alcohol is now much safer.

It is learnt that in the last 11 months, all types of drugs have been entering the country from India and Myanmar. Drugs are coming by water, land and air. New syndicates have been formed across the country to ensure this free flow of drugs.

Drugs have spread everywhere in cities, towns, neighborhoods and neighborhoods through coordinators and anti-discrimination activists. They are spreading drugs among students in schools, colleges and universities across the country by introducing themselves as coordinators. They are motivating many students to do so. The drug trade is now controlled by coordinators. Many coordinators have become millionaires overnight by getting involved in the drug trade.

Coordinators have formed drug syndicates in every district and city of the country, including Gulshan, Banani, Dhanmondi, Uttara, Mirpur, Mohammadpur, Jatrabari, Old Dhaka and important areas of Dhaka. No one dares to speak out against them. If they go against them, they are subjected to harassment. They are beaten to death through mob terrorism or handed over to the law enforcement agencies by labeling them as Awami League allies. There have been many incidents of social humiliation, including beatings, through the creation of mobs focused solely on drug trafficking.

Drug traffickers are paying money to coordinators who are present all over the country on one-time, daily, and monthly contracts.

A senior drug control official said, drug dealers always try to attract influential people. They manage them in various ways. New people are getting involved in these businesses every day. Due to the tendency to get rich in a short time, dishonest people of the country are getting involved in the Yaba business. A list of those involved in drug business is being prepared. This list is being updated regularly. Anti-drug campaigns are being conducted regularly. Whoever the drug dealers are, they are being suppressed with a strict hand.

Dr. Touhidul Haque, associate professor at the Institute of Social Welfare and Research, Dhaka University and a social and criminal expert, said, “New people are constantly joining the drug trade. There are old dealers. They are carrying and selling drugs in new ways, and are even bringing new drugs from different countries. Law enforcement agencies are regularly conducting anti-drug operations, seizing drugs and arresting people involved in it.”

He said that the agencies are not able to recover all the drugs that have entered the country. Although the drug carriers or drug addicts are arrested, Raghav Boal, the sponsor or the main mastermind, is remaining out of reach.

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