Drug godfathers must be caught: Home Affairs Adviser
September 17, 20242 Mins Read
Jumbangla Desk: Home Affairs Advisor Lt. Gen. Md. directed the Narcotics Control Directorate to catch the godfathers of drugs and bring them under the law. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury (Retd.).
He said, not only the carriers, but the big godfathers involved in drugs should be caught. This activity should be strengthened in ongoing joint operations and daily progress reports should be provided. He commented that the performance of the department will be evaluated depending on the success in this regard .
On Tuesday (17 September) in the morning, he gave this instruction in an exchange meeting with the senior officers of the Narcotics Control Directorate at Segunbagicha in the capital.
Lieutenant General Md. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury (retd.) said, if corruption is not reduced, the success of this government will not come. He called upon the officers and employees of the Narcotics Control Department to stay away from bribery and corruption. The adviser said that drugs bring dire consequences for families, societies and states by destroying future generations. Therefore, the officers and employees of the department have to work sincerely by changing the mentality of drug eradication. Drugs should be controlled anyway.
He said the officers of the Narcotics Control Department have uniforms but no arms or tools. Therefore, they need to be given weapons in order to conduct a successful operation. Necessary action will be taken in this regard. Moreover, he gave advice for conducting operations with the police where there is a risk of attack during operations.
Md. Senior Secretary of Security Services Department of the Ministry of Home Affairs was present at the exchange meeting among others. Moshiur Rahman NDC, Director General of Narcotics Control Directorate (Grade-1) Khondkar Mostafizur Rahman NDC and others.
