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Bangla Press Desk: To maintain law and order in the capital, the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) conducted special operations across various police station jurisdictions over the last 24 hours, resulting in the arrest of 759 individuals. During these operations, police recovered various items, including weapons, ammunition, narcotics, and stolen goods. Additionally, 42 cases have been registered at different police stations in the capital against those involved in criminal activities.
The arrests were made throughout the day on Wednesday (October 14) during operations carried out by various crime divisions and the Detective Branch (DB) of the DMP.
According to the DMP, the Mirpur division accounted for the highest number of arrests, with 263 individuals taken into custody. Other divisions reported the following numbers of arrests: Tejgaon (196), Wari (92), Motijheel (49), Gulshan (42), Lalbagh (40), Uttara (40), Ramna (34), and the Detective Branch (3). Items seized from the detainees included a foreign-made pistol, one round of ammunition, a locally-made 'one-shooter' gun, 22.896 kg of cannabis, 170 Yaba pills, 6,100 Tapentadol tablets, and 149 cans of beer.
Furthermore, authorities recovered 790 packs of foreign cigarettes, a motorcycle, nine mobile phones, a pair of gold earrings (weighing 1.5 ana), and 37,580 Taka in cash. Police also successfully rescued one individual who had been abducted. Md. Aktar Hossain, Deputy Commissioner of the DMP’s Media and Public Relations Division, stated that legal action is being taken against the arrested individuals at the respective police stations.
The DMP will continue these regular operations to ensure that law and order remain stable.
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