Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 598 people and registered 41 cases during regular drives conducted across different police station areas of the capital over the past 24-hours on Saturday.
DMP disclosed the information in a press release issued on Sunday.
According to DMP, the highest number of arrests was made in Mirpur Division with 178, followed by 100 in Tejgaon Division, 71 each in Wari and Motijheel divisions, 54 in Gulshan Division, 43 in Uttara Division, 42 in Lalbagh Division, and 36 in Ramna Division, while the Detective Branch (DB) arrested three people.
During the drives, police recovered a foreign pistol, a magazine, two rounds of ammunition, a portion of a spent cartridge, three knives, and eight metal rods.
Law enforcement officers also seized 9,058 Yaba tablets, two grams of heroin, an unspecified quantity of cannabis, 320 counterfeit notes of Tk200 denomination, and Tk10,100 in cash.
In addition, a private car, a motorcycle, 12 mobile phones, a CPU, a scanner, a mouse, and a keyboard were seized, while one victim was rescued during the operations.
The DMP said procedures are underway to take further legal action against the arrested individuals.
