The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 484 people and filed 53 cases during regular drives conducted across various police station areas in the capital over the past 24 hours.
Police also rescued one victim and seized a significant quantity of narcotics, motorcycles, mobile phones, and SIM cards during the operations.
The details were disclosed in a press release issued by the DMP on Monday.
According to DMP, the highest number of arrests was made in the Mirpur Division, where 150 people were apprehended.
This was followed by 76 arrests in the Tejgaon Division, 68 in Motijheel, 50 in Wari, 41 in Lalbagh, 37 in Ramna, 35 in Uttara, 18 in Gulshan, seven by the Detective Branch (DB), and two by the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) division.
During the operations, law enforcers recovered 560 grams of cannabis, 4,373 pieces of Yaba, three grams of heroin, and 204 bottles of Phensedyl.
Additionally, police seized nine motorcycles, 26 mobile phones, 405 SIM cards, Tk 1,505 in cash, and one auto-rickshaw.
The DMP said further legal action against the arrested individuals was under way.
