Bangladesh Launches Deadly Drug Crackdown as Rohingya Crisis Fuels Smuggling

Some 13,000 people are detained and more than 100 killed in police raids since mid-May

DHAKA, Bangladesh—Hundreds of police officers toting carbines swarmed a gritty Dhaka slum recently, overturning beds in homes, riffling through the wallets and bags of cafe patrons and eventually shoving 50 suspected drug users into the back of police vans.

It was a regular night in a new crackdown on drugs in Bangladesh, marked by an aggressive campaign since mid-May in which police have arrested some 13,000 people and killed more than 100 in raids, according to the government.

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