Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 465 people in raids across the capital in the past 24 hours. A total of 51 cases were filed during the period.
DMP Deputy Commissioner (Media and Public Relations) Mohammad Aktar Hossain disclosed the information on Tuesday (November 10).
Of the arrestees, 149 were from Mirpur, 59 each from Lalbagh and Motijheel, 56 from Tejgaon, 43 from Wari, 38 each from Gulshan and Uttara, 22 from Ramna and one from the Detective Branch.
Police also recovered an unexploded cocktail, 669 yaba pills, 200 grams of cannabis, a cannabis-cutting machine and 11 mobile phones.
Aktar Hossain said the arrests were made during raids on Monday (November 9). Legal proceedings are underway.
-AJM