Dhaka, Nov. 9 -- A total of 541 people were arrested and 48 cases filed during regular drives conducted by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) across the capital in the 24 hours till 6:00am on Monday.

Of the arrestees, 24 were arrested by Ramna Division, 61 by Lalbagh Division, 67 by Wari Division, 60 by Motijheel Division, 77 by Tejgaon Division, 149 by Mirpur Division, 53 by Gulshan Division, 49 by Uttara Division and one by the Detective Branch (DB), according to a DMP press release issued on Monday morning.

During the drives, police also seized a foreign-made pistol, a magazine, three rounds of ammunition, 6.2 kg of cannabis, 4,642 yaba tablets, four luxury vehicles, a private car, an auto-rickshaw, four mobile phones and Tk 12,800 ...