DMP arrests 414 in citywide anti-crime drives

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 414 people during coordinated anti-crime operations across the capital over the past 24 hours, recovering a firearm, large quantities of narcotics and counterfeit currency while filing 47 cases.

According to a DMP press release, the arrests were made by different divisional units as part of routine operations across the city.

The breakdown shows that 27 suspects were arrested in the Ramna Division, 22 in Lalbagh, 48 in Wari, 72 in Motijheel, 45 in Tejgaon, 112 in Mirpur, 35 in Gulshan and 53 in the Uttara Division.

During the drives, police recovered one foreign-made revolver and three rounds of ammunition.
The operations also led to the seizure of 30.54 kilograms of cannabis, 10,287 yaba tablets, 18 syringes and 24 needles used for pethidine injections, eight pieces of foil paper, two gas lighters and two bottle corks used for yaba consumption.

Among the other items recovered were 4,022 packets of cigarettes, 13 mobile phones, five banned leaflets, two cards, an old book, a notebook, counterfeit currency worth Tk 50,000, a cannabis-smoking pipe, one truck, one private car, two CNG-run auto-rickshaws and 30 Antiven tablets believed to be used as intoxicants.

Police also rescued one victim during the operations.
The DMP said legal proceedings against the arrested individuals are underway as investigations continue into the recovered weapons, narcotics and other seized materials.