Published : 06 Oct 2026, 11:52 AM
Updated : 06 Oct 2026, 11:52 AM
Police have arrested 447 people in regular operations in Dhaka over a 24-hour period, filing 58 cases against them.
In a media statement on Tuesday, Dhaka Metropolitan Police said they have been arrested, with evidence and narcotics seized in operations by personnel from different police stations in Dhaka.
Twenty-seven people have been arrested by the Ramna Division, 47 by the Lalbagh Division, 56 by the Wari Division, 67 by the Motijheel Division, 70 by the Tejgaon Division, 101 by the Mirpur Division, 29 by the Gulshan Division, 47 by the Uttara Division and three by the Detective Branch.
Police also seized two machetes, three knives, 51.5kg of marijuana, 1,000 pieces of yaba, 51 packs of heroin, 19 bottles of phensedyl, Tk 16,200 in cash and two mobile phones in the operation.
The statement added that further legal action against the arrestees is being processed.
