, Nov. 14 -- A total of 478 people were arrested in regular drives conducted by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) over the last 24 hours till Saturday morning.

During the drives, police also filed 62 cases and seized 14.045 kg of cannabis, 1,633 Yaba pills and 2.5 grams of heroin.

The seized items also included five mobile phones, 17 bicycles, Tk 47,090 in suspected drug sale proceeds, two exploded smoke bomb casings and fragments of eight exploded cocktails.

Of the arrestees, 29 were arrested from Ramna Division, 58 from Lalbagh, 74 from Wari, 39 from Motijheel, 71 from Tejgaon, 127 from Mirpur, 23 from Gulshan and 51 from Uttara. Another five were arrested by SRU-1 and the Detective Branch (DB).

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