DMP drive in Dhaka: 520 arrested in 24 hours, 39 cases filed

A total of 520 people were arrested in the capital in the last 24 hours during the regular drive of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP). A total of 39 cases were filed during the same period. Various items including narcotics were recovered in the drive.

In a press release on Sunday (15 November), Md Akhtar Hossain, deputy commissioner (Media and Public Relations Division) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police, said they were arrested in drives conducted in different police station areas of the capital on Saturday (14 November).

According to the release, the highest number of arrests, 152, was made in Mirpur. Besides, 71 people were arrested in Tejgaon, 62 in Lalbagh, 60 in Wari, 53 in Motijheel, 43 in Uttara, 40 in Ramna and 36 in Gulshan.

Meanwhile, the Detective Branch (DB) arrested three more people in its drive.

During the drives, one bullet shell, 50 kilograms 510 grams of cannabis, 6,020 yaba tablets, 11 bottles of foreign liquor, 24 bottles of cough syrup, two knives, seven mobile phones and one motorcycle were recovered.

The release said further legal action is being taken against those arrested.