The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 759 people and filed 42 cases during drives across various police station areas in the capital over a 24-hour period on Wednesday.
The details were disclosed in a press release issued by the DMP on Thursday.
According to the press release, Mirpur Division recorded the highest number of arrests, with 263 people, followed by Tejgaon Division with 196, Wari Division with 92, Motijheel Division with 49, Gulshan Division with 42, Lalbagh Division with 40, Uttara Division with 40 and Ramna Division with 34. The Detective Branch (DB) arrested three people.
During the operations, police recovered one foreign pistol, one round of ammunition and one locally made one-shooter gun.
Law enforcers also seized 22.896kg of ganja, 170 yaba pills, 6,100 tapentadol pills, 149 cans of beer, one kolki and 790 packets of foreign cigarettes.
Police also recovered one motorcycle, a gold earring weighing 1.5 ana, nine mobile phones and Tk37,580 in cash. One victim was rescued during the drives.
Further legal proceedings against the arrested individuals are under way, the press release stated.
