474 held in 24-hour drive across Dhaka

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The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 474 people in the past 24 hours in its regular anti-crime drive across the capital and filed 47 cases, reports BSS.

According to a DMP press release today, of the arrests, 35 were made by Ramna Division, 34 by Lalbagh, 63 by Wari, 74 by Motijheel, 102 by Tejgaon, 80 by Mirpur, 35 by Gulshan, 41 by Uttara, nine by the Detective Branch (DB) and one by the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime unit.

During the drive, police recovered parts of exploded cocktails, 30.2 kg of cannabis, 7,701 yaba tablets, 62 bottles of Eskaf syrup (phensedyl), two motorcycles, two switchgear knives, Tk 6,610 in cash, one laptop and 13 mobile phones.

Two victims were recovered during the drive.

Police also seized 18,077 Banglalink SIM cards, 1,262 Robi SIMs, 700 Grameenphone SIMs, 150 Airtel SIMs and 798 other SIM cards, along with 10 VoIP machines.

The arrestees were detained during operations in different police station areas of the capital, where police also recovered various pieces of evidence and narcotics.

Legal proceedings against the arrestees are underway.