The DMP’s Traffic Division also filed 2,446 cases over the past 24 hours against motorists and others for violating traffic laws in the capital.
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The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) have arrested 581 people in the capital over the past 24 hours as part of their regular enforcement operations.
A total of 48 cases were filed in connection with the arrests, confirmed Niaz Mehedi, additional deputy commissioner of the DMP’s Media and Public Relations Division today (28 October).
He said the arrests were made during raids across various police stations in the capital yesterday (27 October), during which police also seized various items of evidence and illegal drugs.
Further legal proceedings against those arrested are under way, he added.
Among the arrested, 19 were apprehended by Ramna Division, 71 by Lalbagh Division, 90 by Wari Division, 89 by Motijheel Division, 68 by Tejgaon Division, 159 by Mirpur Division, 42 by Gulshan Division, 39 by Uttara Division and four by the Detective Branch (DB).
During the operations, police seized 9,360 yaba tablets, 50 kilograms and 450 grams of cannabis, 20 bottles of phensedyl, nine mobile phones, one motorcycle, one knife, gold ornaments weighing 61.80 grams and Tk7,800 in cash.
Separately, the DMP’s Traffic Division filed 2,446 cases over the past 24 hours against motorists and others for violating traffic laws in the capital.
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