The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 510 people during routine operations across the capital over the past 24 hours. During the same period, 48 cases were filed over various allegations.

The information was confirmed on Friday morning (October 16) by Mohammad Akter Hossain, Deputy Commissioner of the DMP’s Media and Public Relations Division.

According to the DMP, the arrests included 41 people from Ramna Division, 40 from Lalbagh, 49 from Wari, 38 from Motijheel, 67 from Tejgaon, 197 from Mirpur, 40 from Gulshan, 30 from Uttara and eight by the Detective Branch (DB).

During the operations, police recovered a foreign-made pistol, two rounds of ammunition, fragments of two exploded cocktails, 800 grams of cannabis, 62,700 yaba tablets, 91 grams of heroin, a machete and a cutter.

Police also recovered 132 mobile phones, a truck, a CNG-powered auto-rickshaw and Tk 40,840 in cash.

The arrests and recoveries were made during operations in various police station areas across the capital.