Chattogram:Police have arrested 1,202 individuals across the 11 districts of the Chattogram Range during a 24-hour operation focusing on juvenile gangs, muggings, extortion, terrorism, and drug-related crimes.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, the operation, which took place on Wednesday, saw mobile courts sentencing 56 people to prison terms as part of an anti-drug initiative. The Chattogram Range office provided these figures on Thursday, November 5.
The operation resulted in 107 arrests in new cases and 109 in existing cases. Additionally, 185 individuals were detained on outstanding arrest warrants, and 28 on conviction warrants. Among the other arrests, 31 were made under Section 34 of the Police Act, four under Section 54 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, and 30 under miscellaneous provisions, including Section 151.
The anti-drug drive led to the filing of 32 cases and the seizure of 12,540 Yaba pills, 66.5 kilograms of cannabis, 10 bottles of Scuf cough syrup, and five Tapentadol tablets. Fines totaling TK 16,740 were also collected.
Furthermore, 41 members of a banned organization were apprehended, with arrests distributed across multiple districts nine each in Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, and Comilla, five in Noakhali, three each in Chandpur and Lakshmipur, two in Khagrachari, and one in Feni.
In efforts against juvenile gangs, 708 people were detained, of whom 469 were released into their guardians' custody after signing a formal bond, while legal procedures are ongoing against the remaining 239 individuals.