A total of 466 people have been arrested in the capital during Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) operations over the past 24 hours. During the same period, police filed 64 cases.
The arrests were made on Tuesday during drives conducted across different police station areas in the city, according to a DMP press release issued on Wednesday.
The breakdown of arrests by police division is as follows: Ramna, 30; Lalbagh, 46; Wari, 56; Motijheel, 64; Tejgaon, 80; Mirpur, 131; Gulshan, 29; Uttara, 22; and the Detective Branch, 8.
During the operations, police recovered 13 crude bombs (cocktails), nine petrol bombs, 950 grams of gunpowder, remnants of exploded petrol bombs and crude bombs, 3,081 Yaba pills, 24 cans of beer, two bottles of foreign liquor, one bus, five motorcycles and 14 mobile phones.
One victim was also rescued during the drives.
Further legal action against those arrested is underway, the press release said.