Chattogram:Police have arrested 1,087 individuals across the 11 districts of the Chattogram Range in a special operation conducted over the past 24 hours. The operation targeted juvenile gangs, mugging, extortion, terrorism, and drug-related crimes.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, the Chattogram Range Police disclosed the arrest figures in a report released today. The arrests include 89 individuals connected to regular cases and 177 linked to previously filed cases. Additionally, 28 were detained under Section 34 of the Police Act, four under Section 54 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), and 64 under Section 151 of the CrPC and other relevant laws.
The operation also resulted in the arrest of 125 individuals on outstanding warrants and 20 on sentencing warrants. In the anti-drug drive, 90 people were arrested, comprising 34 drug dealers and 56 users. During the operation, mobile courts sentenced 24 people to imprisonment and collected fines totaling Taka 5,200.
Furthermore, police seized 24,362 Yaba tablets, 34.08 kilograms of cannabis (ganja), and nine bottles of Scuf, a codeine-based cough syrup. In efforts targeting juvenile gangs, 524 individuals were arrested; 272 of these were released into their families' custody after signing a formal undertaking, while legal action was taken against the remaining 252.
The police have indicated that the operation, conducted in the public interest, will continue.