476 arrested in DMP raids across Dhaka

Police arrested 476 people in regular raids across the capital over the past 24 hours, while 51 cases were filed during the same period.

Deputy Commissioner Md Akhtar Hossain of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Media and Public Relations Division confirmed the information on Tuesday (October 13).

Of the total arrests, 26 were made in Ramna, 65 in Lalbagh, 60 in Wari, 70 in Motijheel, 75 in Tejgaon, 116 in Mirpur, 35 in Gulshan, 26 in Uttara, two by the Detective Branch and one by the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime unit.

During the operations, police recovered 3,818 yaba pills, 350 grams of cannabis, 114 packets of heroin, 10 litres of locally made liquor, three bottles of foreign liquor, two motorcycles, two bags, seven mobile phones and one victim.

Akhtar Hossain said the arrests were made through raids in different police station areas of the capital, with drugs and other evidence seized.

Further legal action against the arrestees is underway, he added.

-AJM