DHAKA, July 16, 2026 (BSS) - Police have arrested 487 crime suspects in a series of operations carried out across Dhaka over the past 24 hours.

According to a Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) statement, 36 criminal cases were filed during the same period.

The highest number of arrests was made in Mirpur Division, where 105 people were detained.

Other arrests included 90 in Wari, 71 in Tejgaon, 67 in Motijheel, 41 in Uttara, 37 in Lalbagh, 35 in Ramna, 24 in Gulshan and 17 by the Detective Branch.

During the raids Police seized 2,566 yaba tablets, 164.665kg of cannabis and 45 tapentadol tablets.

They also recovered 84 mobile phones, two motorcycles, two SSD cards, two hard drives, a fake national identity card, a hand punch device and 840,000 taka in cash.

The arrests were made during routine operations conducted in different police station areas across the capital.

Legal proceedings against those detained are underway, DMP said.