Police have arrested 548 individuals across 11 districts under the Chattogram Range during a 24-hour special operation targeting juvenile gangs, extortionists, muggers and drug dealers.
Chattogram Range police headquarters confirmed the information on Monday. The nationwide drive resulted in 73 arrests in new regular cases 90 in ongoing cases, 99 under pending arrest warrants, and 16 under conviction warrants alongside dozens under various sections of the Police Act and Code of Criminal Procedure.
In the anti-narcotics drive, police arrested 71 individuals including 40 drug dealers and two couriers. Mobile courts jailed 36 people and filed 31 narcotics cases. Officers seized a massive haul of contraband including over 302,000 Yaba tablets 14.5 kilograms of cannabis, locally brewed liquor and foreign spirits.
Additionally 21 members of banned organizations were arrested across Comilla, Chattogram, Chandpur, Noakhali, Cox’s Bazar and Rangamati.
Operations against juvenile gangs saw 144 youths detained. Following administrative review, 109 were handed over to their parents or legal guardians after signing written undertakings, while formal legal proceedings were initiated against the remaining 35. Chattogram district saw the highest number of juvenile detentions with 34 followed by Brahmanbaria with 29 and Chandpur with 25.
