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The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 490 people in the capital in regular drives over the past 24 hours, and 45 cases were filed during the period. The DMP’s Media and Public Relations Division gave the figures in a press release on Friday (30 October).
According to the DMP, those arrested include 25 in Ramna division, 60 in Lalbagh, 63 in Wari, 62 in Motijheel, 64 in Tejgaon, 139 in Mirpur, 34 in Gulshan and 34 in Uttara division. The Detective Branch arrested nine people.
The drives recovered 13,448 pieces of yaba, 79 kg 100 grams of cannabis, two bottles of foreign liquor, a machete, a cutter, gold jewellery weighing 1 bhori 1 ana 1 ratti, three motorcycles, 11 mobile phones and Tk 26,36,830. One victim was also rescued.
They were arrested, and evidence and drugs recovered, in the drives carried out in various police station areas of the capital on Thursday (29 October). The process of taking further legal action against them is under way.
By the numbers
According to DMP figures, 543 people were arrested and 38 cases filed in the drives of 26 October, Dhaka Times reported on 27 October.
The day before, in the drives of 25 October, the number of arrests was 662, with 43 cases, according to a Dhaka Times report of 26 October.
Sources
Original report: Bangladesh Pratidin
Background sources: Dhaka Times, 27 October 2026; Dhaka Times, 26 October 2026
