The Dhaka Metropolitan Police in a special operation arrested 186 suspected criminals in different parts of the capital in the past 24 hours.聽聽
The DMP in a statement has reiterated commitment to ensuring the overall safety and smooth movement of the people of Dhaka metropolitan areas.
The police in 86 operations across the DMP arrested 186 crime suspects, said the statement.
Among the arrested are one robber, five thieves, 13 drug dealers, two fraudsters and 12 warranted accused as well as criminals involved in other crimes.
Eleven mobile phones used in various crimes, a bus and cash of Tk 13,180, 1.40kg of hemp, 1,065 pieces of Yaba, 74 bottles of Phensedyl and one gram of heroin were seized during the operation.
In these connections, 33 cases were registered with various police stations of the DMP.
As part of the move to protect DMP from any untoward incident, the police have intensified measures around the capital city to maintain public safety and law and order.
To ensure security across the capital, check posts and patrol activities have been enhanced.
According to the Crime Command and Control Centre of DMP, 471 patrol teams performed duties in two shifts for public safety in 50 police stations of the DMP from 12:01am to 11:59pm on Tuesday.
Out of these, 259 teams performed duties at night and 212 teams performed duties during the day. The patrol teams include 212 mobile patrol teams, 20 foot patrol teams and 27 motorcycle patrol teams.
In addition, 66 police check posts were operated by the DMP at various important and strategic locations to enhance security in the metropolitan area.
