Dhaka:The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) have arrested 684 individuals and filed 44 cases following a series of raids conducted across the capital over the past 24 hours.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, the arrests were carried out on Friday in various police station areas throughout Dhaka. These operations also led to the seizure of drugs, mobile phones, cash, and other items.
The Mirpur division reported the highest number of arrests at 206, followed by Tejgaon with 110 arrests, and Wari with 87. Motijheel and Gulshan each saw 78 arrests, while Lalbagh accounted for 47, Ramna for 38, and Uttara for 32. Additionally, both the Special Reserve Unit and the Detective Branch arrested four individuals each.
During these operations, police seized 2,508 yaba tablets, 23 kilograms of cannabis, and 498 grams of heroin. Other items confiscated included 18 mobile phones, 79 SIM cards, a motorcycle, an auto-rickshaw with four batteries, 32,530 taka in cash, 104 gambling cards, eight notebooks, and a cannabis-filled smoking pipe with a cutter. Legal proceedings against the arrested suspects are currently underway.