Police have arrested 1,154 people in a 24-hour special operation across 11 districts under Chattogram Range, targeting juvenile gangs, mugging, extortion, terrorism, drug-related offences and other crimes.
During the same period, another 598 people were detained in separate drives targeting juvenile gangs, Chattogram Range Police said in a press release sent to the media this afternoon (8 November).
The operation was conducted yesterday (7 November), according to the release.
Of the 1,154 arrested, 80 were accused in regular cases, 66 in previously filed cases, 61 under Section 34 of the Police Act, six under Section 54 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, and 48 under Section 151 and other laws.
Police also arrested 185 people under arrest warrants and 34 under warrants for serving sentences.
The operation also led to the arrest of 76 alleged drug users in drug-related cases and 50 suspected drug traders in regular and other cases, bringing the total number of arrests in these categories to 126, the release said.
During anti-drug drives, mobile courts sentenced 32 people to imprisonment and collected Tk4,500 in fines. Police also filed 34 drug-related cases.
The seized drugs included 38,137 yaba pills, 27kg and 360g of cannabis, 10 litres of locally brewed liquor and nine bottles of foreign liquor.
Police also arrested 129 members of organisations declared banned. Of them, 55 were arrested in Chandpur, 26 in Cumilla, 15 in Chattogram, nine in Noakhali, seven in Lakshmipur, six each in Brahmanbaria and Khagrachhari, two each in Feni and Rangamati, and one in Cox’s Bazar.
Meanwhile, of the 598 people detained in anti-juvenile gang drives, 393 were handed over to their guardians after signing undertakings, while legal action was taken against the remaining 205.
Cumilla recorded the highest number of detentions, with 264 alleged juvenile gang members. The figures were 111 in Chattogram, 56 in Lakshmipur, 38 in Brahmanbaria, 27 each in Chandpur and Noakhali, 26 in Cox’s Bazar, 13 each in Feni and Khagrachhari, 12 in Bandarban and 11 in Rangamati.
Chattogram Range Police said the special operation would continue in the public interest.
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