518 arrested in Dhaka raids, filed 58 case in 24hrs

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 518 people in 24 hours through regular drives in various police station areas of the capital. Fifty-eight cases were filed during the same period.

Deputy Commissioner Md Akhtar Hossain of the DMP’s Media and Public Relations Division provided the information in a press release on Wednesday (21 October).

According to the release, the Mirpur division recorded the highest number of arrests at 148. It was followed by Tejgaon with 93, Lalbagh with 61, Wari with 54, Ramna with 48, Gulshan with 37, Motijheel with 35 and Uttara with 32. The Detective Branch arrested 9 people, and the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit arrested 1.

Police recovered 11,701 pieces of yaba tablets, 2 kg 850 grams of cannabis and 2 grams of heroin from those arrested. They also seized 4,636 taka in cash from drug sales, one motorcycle and five mobile phones, and rescued one victim.

Police said the process of taking further legal action against those arrested is under way.