759 arrested in DMP drives

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 759 people in raids across the capital in the past 24 hours and filed 42 cases over various offences.

Police seized firearms, ammunition, drugs, beer, foreign cigarettes, mobile phones and cash. They also rescued a victim during the drives.

DMP Deputy Commissioner (Media and Public Relations) Md Aktar Hossain disclosed the information on Thursday (October 15).

He said the arrests were made on Wednesday (October 14), including 263 in Mirpur, 196 in Tejgaon, 92 in Wari, 49 in Motijheel, 42 in Gulshan, 40 each in Lalbagh and Uttara, 34 in Ramna and three by the Detective Branch.

The seized items included a foreign-made pistol, a locally made one-shooter gun, one round of ammunition, 22.896kg of cannabis, 170 yaba pills, 6,100 tapentadol tablets, 149 cans of beer, 790 packets of foreign cigarettes, a motorcycle, nine mobile phones, a gold earring and Tk 37,580.

Legal proceedings against the arrestees are underway, according to the DMP.

-AJM