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DHAKA: Police have arrested 684 people in the past 24 hours during routine raids conducted by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) across the capital. A total of 44 cases were also filed during the same period.
Mohammad Akhtar Hossain, deputy commissioner of the DMP’s Media and Public Relations Division, confirmed the information on Saturday (October 24).
Of those arrested, 38 were picked up in the Ramna division, 47 in Lalbagh, 87 in Wari, 78 in Motijheel, 110 in Tejgaon, 206 in Mirpur, 78 in Gulshan, 32 in Uttara, four by the Special Response Unit (SRU) and four by the Detective Branch (DB).
During the operations, police seized 2,508 yaba pills, 23 kilogrammes of cannabis, 498 grammes of heroin, 18 mobile phones, 79 SIM cards, one motorcycle, one auto-rickshaw with four batteries, Tk 32,530 in cash, 104 gambling cards, eight notebooks, and cannabis-filled smoking pipes along with cutters.
Akhtar Hossain said police conducted raids in various areas under different police stations across the capital on Friday, arresting the suspects and seizing various items and narcotics. Legal proceedings against the arrested individuals are underway, he added.
