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Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 478 people during a series of operations across the capital over the past 24 hours, while 62 cases were filed during the same period.
DMP Deputy Commissioner (Media and Public Relations) Md Akter Hossain confirmed the information.
He said the arrests were made across different police divisions, with Mirpur recording the highest number at 127, followed by Wari with 74, Tejgaon with 71, Lalbagh with 58, Uttara with 51, Motijheel with 39, Ramna with 29 and Gulshan with 23. Five others were arrested by the SRU-1 and Detective Branch.
During the operations, police seized 14.045kg of cannabis, 1,633 yaba tablets and 2.5 grams of heroin.
Other recovered items included five mobile phones, three sheets of screenshots, 17 bicycles, Tk47,090 suspected to be proceeds from drug sales, two shells of exploded smoke bombs and fragments of eight exploded cocktails.
The arrests and seizures were made during operations in different police station areas across the capital on Friday (November 13).
Legal proceedings against the arrested individuals are underway, the DMP official said.