Nearly 2,000 items used for smoking cannabis have been seized in a special police drive ahead of the Lalon fair at Chheuria in Kumarkhali, Kushtia. The seized items are worth an estimated Tk 2 lakh. Police carried out the drive on the fair ground on Thursday afternoon, 15 October.
A three-day programme marking the 136th death anniversary of Fakir Lalon Shah begins at the Lalon Akhrabari in Chheuria on Saturday, 17 October. Large numbers of followers, sadhus and visitors from home and abroad are expected.
Police and the administration have taken various steps to keep the Lalon fair drug-free, safe and festive. As part of this, the items were seized in a drive on the fair ground on Thursday afternoon.
Police said such drives will continue so that the death anniversary programme passes off smoothly, in an orderly and drug-free atmosphere.
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