Chattogram:Chattogram Range police conducted a sweeping 24-hour operation, resulting in the arrest of 997 individuals involved in various criminal activities, including juvenile gangs, mugging, extortion, and drug-related offenses.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, the arrests included 84 individuals linked to new cases and 77 connected to previously filed cases. Additionally, 28 arrests were made under Section 34 of the Police Act, 11 under Section 54 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, and 38 under other legal provisions, including Section 151. The operation also led to the arrest of 116 people on outstanding warrants, 24 on warrants for serving sentences, and 52 in drug-related cases.
In the drug-related arrests, two were identified as drug couriers and 50 as drug users. Another 40 individuals, recognized as drug dealers, were arrested in connection with various cases. During the anti-drug operations, mobile courts sentenced 20 people to imprisonment and imposed fines amounting to Tk 18,900. Police filed 37 drug-related cases, leading to the arrest of 92 people.
The police seized substantial quantities of narcotics, including 11,652 yaba pills, 39.675 kilograms of cannabis, 124 liters of locally made liquor, eight bottles of foreign liquor, 16 cans of beer, 75 bottles of cough syrup containing controlled substances, and 70 Tapentadol tablets.
Eleven members of a banned organization were apprehended in various locations three in Cumilla, three in Noakhali, two in Feni, and one each in Chattogram, Chandpur, and Khagrachhari. In operations against juvenile gangs, 567 individuals were detained. Of these, 386 were released to their guardians or other responsible persons upon signing undertakings, while legal action has been initiated against the remaining 181.