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DMP: 598 arrested in 24 hrs

Published : Sunday, 25 October, 2026 at 11:48 AM

observer online report

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 598 people during its regular drives across the capital in the past 24 hours. A total of 41 cases were filed during the operations.

According to a DMP press release issued on Sunday, the arrests were made during drives in different police station areas across Dhaka on Saturday.

Of the total arrests, 36 were made in the Ramna division, 42 in Lalbagh, 71 in Wari, 71 in Motijheel, 100 in Tejgaon, 178 in Mirpur, 54 in Gulshan and 43 in Uttara. The Detective Branch (DB) arrested three more people.

During the operations, police recovered a foreign-made pistol, a magazine, two rounds of ammunition, a spent bullet fragment, three knives and eight iron rods.

The recovered items also included 1.45kg of cannabis and 21 packets of cannabis, 9,058 yaba tablets, two grams of heroin, a private car, a motorcycle, 12 mobile phones, 320 counterfeit Tk 200 notes, a CPU, a scanner, a mouse, a keyboard and Tk 10,100 in cash.

Police also rescued a victim during the drives.

The DMP said legal proceedings against the arrested individuals were underway.

-MT

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