DHAKA, July 31, 2025 (BSS) -The Bangladesh Army has conducted extensive operations in the last four weeks to maintain law and order in the country and curb various crimes including terrorism, drugs, smuggling.
 
Brigadier General Md. Nazim-ud-Daula, Director of the Military Operations Directorate of the Army Headquarters, briefed journalists at the Officers' Mess in Dhaka Cantonment today.
 
Later, Colonel Staff of Military Operations Directorate Colonel Md. Shafiqul Islam answered various questions from the journalists.
 
According to the briefing, so far, the army has arrested 16,459 criminals during the tenure of the interim government and out of these, 813 people have been arrested in the last four weeks. During this time, a large amount of weapons, ammunition and narcotics have been recovered.
 
A total of 37 illegal weapons and 179 rounds of ammunition have been recovered in the last four weeks. In addition, 9,729 out of 12,119 lost weapons and 287,033 rounds of ammunition have been recovered since the beginning of August. Those arrested include juvenile gangs, listed terrorists, robbers and other criminals.
 
In the operation, terrorist Yamin Siddiqui Nisat was arrested from Kalabagan on July 14 with a sophisticated foreign pistol and bullets.
 
On July 19, a drive was conducted in Rupganj and seven people were arrested along with drugs and weapons were seized.
 
In the anti-drug operation, 55 drug peddlers were arrested in various areas of the country including Rampura, Mohammadpur, Uttara, Bhashantek, Faridpur and Cumilla.
 
Since August, 5,576 people related to drugs have been arrested.
 
In the anti-smuggling operation, medicines worth Tk 1,12,00,000 were recovered in Sunamganj and illegal cosmetics, clothes and coffee were seized in Sylhet.
 
Four brokers were arrested in a drive at the Dhaka and Purbachal offices of BRTA, who were illegally assisting in the production of driving licenses.
 
'Taqdir Food Beverages' and 'Royal Slice' restaurants, which produce adulterated food, have been fined and temporarily closed.
 
To prevent illegal extraction of sand and stones from the river, 34 boats, 7 bulkheads, 5 dredgers, 1 pickup and 60,500 CFT of sand have been recovered from Sunamganj and Sylhet and 96 people involved have been arrested.
 
On July 16, a miscreant was arrested during an attempted murder in the Darus Salam area of Dhaka. Two murder suspects were arrested with weapons in Mohammadpur to prevent mob violence and handed over to the police.
 
On July 11, two women were arrested for spreading bomb scares on the Dhaka-Nepal route of Biman Bangladesh Airlines. On July 14, Kamrul Mia, the mastermind of bKash fraud and online gambling, and his associates were arrested in Madhukhali, Faridpur, and a large amount of mobile SIMs and Yaba were recovered.
 
On June 26, the army arrested six people accused of torturing two women in a land dispute and ensured free advanced medical treatment for the injured.
 
In July, 4, a total of 889 people injured in the July uprising were treated at various military medical centres in the country. In addition, the army performed security duties in various places in the country during the Ulta Rath Yatra on July 5. They are also engaged in maintaining communal harmony in the country and ensuring the security of foreign diplomats and embassies.
 
On July 21, the army showed professionalism in the rescue and medical operations in the crash of an Air Force training aircraft into Milestone School in Uttara in the capital.
 
Out of the 41 injured, 11 are currently undergoing treatment. During the rescue, 29 soldiers were injured, one of whom is still undergoing treatment at the hospital. The bodies of 14 people who died in the accident have been handed over to their families.
 
On July 22, 5 soldiers were injured in an attack on soldiers while they were entering the secretariat during the protest by HSC examinees. They were transferred to CMH after receiving primary treatment at the clinic inside the secretariat.
 
A huge amount of weapons and drugs were recovered and seven terrorists were arrested in the operation conducted in the Chattogram Hill Tracts from July 3 to 31.
 
Important operations were conducted in Baghaihat and Bandarban, destroying abandoned training camps and recovering weapons.
 
A huge amount of illegal goods and weapons including yaba, crystal ice, ganja, cigarettes were recovered in the operation conducted in the Bangladesh-Myanmar border area.
 
In response to a question from journalists, Brigadier General Md. Nazim-ud-Daula said that many members of the National Citizen Party (NCP) in Gopalganj were threatened with death. The army helped save the lives of those people.
 
The Bangladesh Army is committed to maintaining law and order in the country, preventing terrorism, drugs, smuggling, and public safety, and is performing its duties around the clock, he said.