1,078 arrested in a day in Chattogram; 489 held in anti-teen-gang drive

In a special police drive across the 11 districts of Chattogram Range, 1,078 people were arrested in the past 24 hours on various charges. Of them, 489 were detained in an anti-teen-gang operation.

The information on the 24-hour drive of Sunday (8 November) was shared by the Chattogram Range office on Monday (9 November) afternoon.

According to the Range, among those arrested were 95 people in regular cases, 144 in earlier cases, 40 under Section 34 of the Police Act, 11 under Section 54 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, and 58 under Section 151 and other laws.

In addition, 131 people named in warrants and 33 named in sentence warrants were arrested.

In drug cases, 77 drug users and 43 drug traders were arrested in regular and other cases. In the anti-drug drive, mobile courts sentenced 36 people to jail and fined them a total of 6,900 taka. Thirty-two drug cases were filed in this connection.

The seized drugs include 16,028 yaba pills, 60 litres of locally brewed liquor, 32 kilograms and 40 grams of cannabis, six bottles of foreign liquor, 12 tapentadol pills and 15 bottles of Phensedyl.

Meanwhile, police arrested 106 members of a banned organisation — 34 in Chandpur, 28 in Cumilla, 27 in Chattogram, four each in Brahmanbaria and Khagrachhari, three each in Noakhali and Lakshmipur, two in Cox’s Bazar and one in Rangamati.

Of the 489 detained in the anti-teen-gang drive, 313 were released to their guardians on bond. Legal action has been taken against the remaining 176.

By district, the highest number of detentions was in Cumilla with 212. Chattogram followed with 79, Lakshmipur 58, Brahmanbaria 28, Noakhali 26, Cox’s Bazar 22, Chandpur 20, Bandarban 15, Rangamati 12, Khagrachhari 11 and Feni six.

The special drive across the 11 districts of Chattogram Range netted regular-case accused, warrant-listed people, drug users and traders, and teen-gang members in a single sweep.