A total of 401 people were arrested in Dhaka during regular operations conducted by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) over the past 24 hours. During the same period, 26 cases were filed at different police stations across the capital.
Deputy Commissioner (Media and Public Relations) of the DMP, Md Akhtar Hossain, provided the information on Wednesday morning, September 30.
According to the DMP, the arrests included 24 people from the Ramna division, 34 from Lalbagh, 51 from Wari, 68 from Motijheel, 74 from Tejgaon, 71 from Mirpur, 36 from Gulshan and 42 from Uttara. One person was also arrested by the Detective Branch.
During the operations, police recovered a sword, a machete, a sharp circular disc attached to the head of an iron rod, an iron rod, 95 yaba tablets, 70 grams of heroin, 668 grams of cannabis and a private car.
The DMP said the items and narcotics were recovered during separate operations in different police station areas across the capital.
Further legal action is being taken against the arrested individuals, the police said.
