The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 465 people and filed 45 cases during routine drives across the capital in the past 24 hours.
The DMP disclosed the information in a press release on Wednesday.
The arrested people include 90 from Mirpur Division, 83 from Motijheel Division, 80 from Tejgaon Division, 64 from Wari Division, 38 from Ramna Division, 38 from Lalbagh Division, 34 from Uttara Division, 33 from Gulshan Division and five from the Detective Branch.
Police recovered one locally made one-shooter gun, one lead cartridge, two knives, 50kg of cannabis, 299 Yaba tablets and 23 bottles of foreign liquor during the drive.
Police also seized a pickup van, 11 mobile phones, one steel rod, five wooden stumps, two bottle caps, fuel paper and Tk4,500 in cash.
They also rescued one victim.
Legal proceedings against the arrested individuals are underway, the police said.
