The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 541 people and filed 48 cases during regular drives across the capital on Sunday.
The information was disclosed in an official DMP press release issued on Monday. According to the release, the arrests were made during drives across different police station areas of the capital on Sunday.
During the operations, police recovered a foreign pistol, ammunition, a large quantity of narcotics, four luxury cars and various pieces of equipment.
The Mirpur Division recorded the highest number of arrests at 149, followed by Tejgaon with 77, Wari with 67, Lalbagh with 61, Motijheel with 60, Gulshan with 53, Uttara with 49 and Ramna with 24. The Detective Branch arrested one person.
