DMP arrests 478 in 24-hour drives, files 62 cases

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 478 people in the capital in the past 24 hours during its routine drives.

Police filed 62 cases against them for various offences. Large quantities of drugs, mobile phones, bicycles and fragments of exploded cocktails were recovered.

The arrests were made in raids across different police station areas until Saturday (14 November) morning.

Police seized 14 kg 45 g of cannabis, 1,633 yaba tablets and 2.5 g of heroin. They also recovered five mobile phones, 17 bicycles and Tk 47,090 suspected to be proceeds from drug sales. Shells of two exploded sound grenades and fragments of eight exploded cocktails were also seized from the scenes.

By division, Mirpur recorded the highest number of arrests at 127. Wari followed with 74, Tejgaon 71, Lalbagh 58, Uttara 51, Motijheel 39, Ramna 29 and Gulshan 23.

Separately, members of Special Response Unit (SRU-1) and the Detective Branch (DB) arrested five more people.

The DMP said legal procedures against those arrested are under way.

Note: The division figures plus the five SRU/DB arrests add up to 477, one short of the stated 478. You may want to check the source figures before publishing.