Police, in special drives arrested 16 persons including three activists of Jamaat-E-Islami from different areas of the district in last 12-hour ending at 8am on Saturday morning.
Law enforcers also recovered 192 bottles of Phensidyl during the drives. Police said they were picked up from different areas of the district.
During the drives, Dinajpur Sadar police arrested four persons, Birganj Thana police arrested one person, Birampur Thana police arrested two persons, Ghoraghat Thana police arrested one person, Phulbari Thana police arrested one person, Bochaganj Thana police arrested two persons, Biral Thana police arrested two persons and Chirirbandar Thana police arrested three activists of Jamaat-E-Islami from Ranir Bandar area under the upazila around 7am.
Several cases, including charges of subversive activities, are pending with different police stations against the arrested persons, the sources added.
Meanwhile, members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive detained three drug traders with 192 bottles of Phensidyl around 11pm from Hili Railway Station in Hakimpur upazila of the district.
Later, the detained persons were handed over to the Hakimpur Thana police, BGB said.
The arrested persons were sent to jail.
Source: BSS