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Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 534 people and filed 53 cases during anti-crime drives across the capital over the past 24 hours.
The arrests were made on Thursday during operations in different police station areas across Dhaka.
According to DMP data, 26 people were arrested in Ramna Division, 60 in Lalbagh, 48 in Wari, 52 in Motijheel, 91 in Tejgaon, 147 in Mirpur, 50 in Gulshan and 55 in Uttara. One person was arrested by the Special Response Unit (SRU), while the Detective Branch (DB) arrested four.
During the drives, police seized three unexploded cocktails, fragments of three exploded cocktails, six kilogrammes of cannabis, 207 yaba pills and 10 bottles of phensedyl.
They also recovered 925 counterfeit Tk1,000 notes, seven mobile phones and rescued one victim.
Police said legal proceedings against the arrested individuals were underway.
