The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 546 people and filed 61 cases during its regular anti-crime operations across the capital in the past 24 hours.
The arrests included 152 by the Mirpur division, 86 by Wari, 74 by Tejgaon, 65 by Motijheel, 49 by Gulshan, 36 by Ramna, 35 by Uttara, 30 by Lalbagh and 19 by the Detective Branch, according to a DMP press release.
Police said they recovered one foreign-made pistol, two magazines, nine rounds of ammunition, 1.96 kg of cannabis, 13,870 yaba tablets, 13.8 grams of heroin and 210 bottles of ESkuf (phensedyl) during the operations.
Other recovered items included a toy pistol with a magazine, a walkie-talkie, a handcuff, two DB jackets, one autorickshaw, three motorcycles, 14 mobile phones, two bullet casings, a piece of foil paper and Taka 13,300 in cash.
Three victims were also rescued during the period.
The arrests were made after raids in different police station areas of the capital, with police recovering various pieces of evidence and narcotics.
Legal proceedings against the detainees were underway.
