Joint forces have arrested 45 members of criminal gangs, including 'teen gangs', from different parts of the capital on charges of mugging and extortion.
The joint forces comprising Army, Rab and police conducted the drives in Mohammadpur’s Dhaka Udyan, Chand Uddyan and Nobodoy Housing areas on Saturday night, said an ISPR release.
They also seized nine locally made weapons from their possession.
So far, the joint forces arrested 152 people and recovered 18 firearms, 271 rounds of bullets, 172 weapons, one grenade and huge drugs from Dhaka’s Mohammadpur, Adabar and Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area.