530 Arrested in 24 Hours in Dhaka, 42 Cases Filed: DMP

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Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 530 people in 24 hours during routine drives across the capital and filed 42 cases over various offences.

DMP Deputy Commissioner (Media and Public Relations) Md Aktar Hossain disclosed the information on Wednesday, October 14, saying the arrests were made during drives in different police station areas of the capital on Tuesday.

According to DMP, Mirpur division recorded the highest number of arrests with 175 people detained. Wari division accounted for 66 arrests, followed by Tejgaon with 63, Motijheel with 59, Lalbagh with 56, Uttara with 45, Gulshan with 36 and Ramna with 27. The CTTC unit arrested three people.

During the operations, police seized 6,220 yaba pills, 9kg of cannabis, 4 grammes of heroin, two bottles of foreign liquor, fragments of exploded cocktails, 14 mobile phones and Tk16,280 in cash.

Legal proceedings against the arrested individuals are underway, DMP said.

Source: DMP Media Cell c680