DMP drive: 541 arrested in 24 hours, 48 cases filed
In a regular drive by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in the capital, 541 people were arrested in the last 24 hours. During this period, 48 cases were filed at various police stations.
They were arrested in drives conducted on Sunday (November 8) in different police station areas of the capital, during which weapons, drugs and other evidence were recovered.
Of those arrested, 24 were in the DMP's Ramna division, 61 in Lalbagh, 67 in Wari, 60 in Motijheel, 77 in Tejgaon, 149 in Mirpur, 53 in Gulshan, 49 in Uttara and one in the Detective Branch.
During the drive, police recovered one foreign pistol, one magazine, three rounds of ammunition, six kilograms and 200 grams of cannabis, 4,642 yaba pills, four luxury cars, one private car, one auto-rickshaw, four mobile phones and 12,800 taka in cash.
The information was shared in a press release signed on Monday (November 9) by Md Akhtar Hossain, Deputy Police Commissioner of the DMP's Media and Public Relations Division.
The press release said legal action against those arrested is under way.
By division, the highest number of arrests was in Mirpur division — 149 people. This was followed by 77 in Tejgaon, 67 in Wari, 61 in Lalbagh and 60 in Motijheel.
In Gulshan division 53 people were arrested, in Uttara 49 and in Ramna 24. One person was arrested in a Detective Branch drive.
The recovered evidence includes weapons, ammunition, drugs, vehicles and cash. The DMP said that alongside the foreign pistol and ammunition, a large quantity of yaba and cannabis was recovered.
The DMP drive is part of its regular operations to curb crime and maintain law and order in the capital. The process of taking legal action against those arrested is under way.
