The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 510 people during regular operations across the capital over the past 24 hours, filing 48 cases in connection with the drives.
The information was disclosed in a press statement issued by the DMP Media Division on Friday.
According to the DMP, Mirpur Division recorded the highest number of arrests at 197, followed by Tejgaon with 67, Wari with 49, Ramna with 41, Lalbagh and Gulshan with 40 each, Motijheel with 38 and Uttara with 30. The Detective Branch (DB) arrested eight people.
During the operations, law enforcers recovered a foreign pistol, two rounds of bullets, fragments of two exploded cocktails, 62,700 Yaba pills, 91 grams of heroin and 800 grams of cannabis.
Police also seized a meat cleaver (chapati), a cutter, 132 mobile phones, a truck, a CNG auto-rickshaw and Tk40,840 in cash.
The DMP said the arrests and recoveries were made during drives in various police station areas across the capital. Further legal action against the arrested individuals is underway.
