530 held in 24hrs across Dhaka, files 42 cases

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

Police also seized 6,220 yaba pills, 9kg of cannabis, heroin and other evidence during the operations.

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

Besides drugs, police recovered fragments of exploded cocktails and nails, 14 mobile phones and Tk16,280 in cash. They also rescued a victim during the operations.

According to DMP divisional data, the Mirpur division recorded the highest number of arrests, with 175 people detained. The 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.

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The seized drugs included 9kg of cannabis, 6,220 yaba pills, 4 grammes of heroin and two bottles of foreign liquor.

DMP said legal proceedings against the arrested individuals were under way.