DHAKA, July 23, 2026 (BSS) - Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 446 people in its regular drives across the capital over the past 24 hours and filed 56 cases during the same period.

According to a DMP press release, the arrestees included 21 from Ramna Division, 38 from Lalbagh, 104 from Wari, 49 from Motijheel, 74 from Tejgaon, 83 from Mirpur, 38 from Gulshan, 35 from Uttara and four by the Detective Branch (DB).

During the operations, police seized one foreign-made pistol with a magazine, 3,755 yaba tablets, 9.005 kilograms of cannabis, seven grams of heroin, one microbus, one cutter, one knife, five mobile phones and one motorcycle.

The arrests were made during raids conducted in different police station areas across the capital as part of the DMP's ongoing anti-crime operations, including drives against narcotics.

Legal proceedings against the arrested individuals are underway.