Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 544 people and filed 62 cases during regular anti-crime operations across the capital in the 24 hours until 8am on Friday.
Of the total arrests, 144 were made in Mirpur Division, 59 in Tejgaon, 44 in Motijheel, 95 in Wari, 41 in Ramna, 49 in Uttara, 42 in Lalbagh and 55 in Gulshan Division.
Another 15 people were arrested by the Special Response Unit (SRU) and the Detective Branch (DB), said Akhtar Hossain, deputy commissioner (Media and Public Relations) of the DMP.
During the operations, law enforcers also seized 540 grams of cannabis, 6,258 Yaba pills, 4.2 grams of heroin in four sachets, 37 Pethidine injections, two knives and two cutters.
Further legal action against those arrested is underway, he added.
