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544 arrested in DMP raids across capital, highest in Mirpur

Friday, 6 November 2026, 12:46

544 arrested in DMP raids across capital, highest in Mirpur

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 544 people in special operations across various areas of the capital in the past 24 hours. Among them, 144 individuals were arrested in Mirpur alone, while 62 cases were filed during the same period.

Md. Aktar Hossain, Deputy Police Commissioner of the Media and Public Relations Division of DMP, confirmed the information on Friday (November 6). He stated that the drives were conducted across various police stations in the capital on Thursday, and legal procedures against the arrestees are underway.

According to DMP, among the other arrested individuals, 41 were from Ramna division, 42 from Lalbagh, 95 from Wari, 44 from Motijheel, 59 from Tejgaon, 55 from Gulshan, 49 from Uttara, and 13 from SRU-2 and Detective Branch. During the operations, various narcotics and weapons including cannabis, yaba, heroin, and pethidine injections were recovered.

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