478 arrested, 62 cases filed in DMP's 24-hour drive

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 478 people during special operations across the capital over the past 24 hours. A total of 62 cases were filed in connection with various offences, while police seized a large quantity of drugs, mobile phones, bicycles, cash and explosive-related evidence.

The arrests were made during raids in different police station areas of the capital on Friday (November 13). Deputy Commissioner (DC) of the DMP's Media and Public Relations Division, Md Akter Hossain, confirmed the information on Saturday.

He said 29 people were arrested from the Ramna division, 58 from Lalbagh, 74 from Wari, 39 from Motijheel, 71 from Tejgaon, 127 from Mirpur, 23 from Gulshan and 51 from Uttara. Another five people were arrested by SRU-1 and the Detective Branch.

During the operations, police recovered 14.45 kg of cannabis, 1,633 yaba tablets and 2.5 grams of heroin. They also seized five mobile phones, 17 bicycles, Tk 47,090 in suspected drug sale proceeds, two casings of exploded smoke bombs and fragments of eight exploded cocktails.

The DMP official said legal proceedings against the arrested individuals were underway.