Fifty-three cases in a single day, highest 150 arrested in Mirpur division alone
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The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) have arrested 484 people in the past 24 hours in regular drives in the capital. During this period 53 cases were filed over various offences. DMP Deputy Commissioner (DC) Md Akter Hossain gave this information on Monday (19 October) morning.
He said the highest number of those arrested, 150, were from the Mirpur division. Besides, 76 people were arrested in the Tejgaon division, 68 in the Motijheel division, 50 in the Wari division, 41 in the Lalbagh division, 37 in the Ramna division, 35 in the Uttara division, 18 in the Gulshan division, seven in the Detective Branch (DB) and two in the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) division.
During the drives, 560 grams of cannabis, 4,373 pieces of yaba, three grams of heroin and 204 bottles of Phensedyl were recovered. In addition, nine motorcycles, 26 mobile phones, 405 SIM cards, one auto-rickshaw and Tk 1,505 in cash were recovered. A victim was also rescued during this time.
He further said these people were arrested, along with the recovery of narcotics and various pieces of evidence, in drives conducted in different police station areas of the capital.
