Dhaka: Police have arrested 463 crime suspects in a series of operations carried out across Dhaka over the last 24 hours.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, a Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) statement revealed that 40 criminal cases were filed during the same period. The statement detailed that the arrests were distributed across various divisions: Ramna Division police arrested 31 individuals, 54 by Lalbagh Division, 47 by Wari Division, 47 by Motijheel Division, 63 by Tejgaon Division, 125 by Mirpur Division, 36 by Gulshan Division, 59 by Uttara Division, and one by the detective branch (DB).
During the operation, authorities seized 1,653 pieces of yaba, 70 kg 100 grams of marijuana, 86 bottles of phensidyle syrup, one foreign-made pistol, a magazine, four rounds of bullets, two pickup vans, seven mobile phones, and cash amounting to Tk 17,550. Additionally, police successfully rescued a victim from the suspects' custody.
The highest number of arrests occurred in the Mirpur Division, where 125 people were detained. Legal proceedings against those detained are currently underway, as confirmed by DMP.