United News of Bangladesh

Police arrested 53,518 people and seized 438 firearms during special drives conducted across the country. The drive was conducted from May 1 to August 26, according to a press release issued by the Police Headquarters. Besides, 141,628 people were arrested in other cases and during various operations, while a total of 195,146 people were arrested in special drives and other cases. During the operations, police seized 438 firearms, including 153 pistols, 48 shooter guns, 45 LGs, 26 revolvers, 108 guns, 26 pipe guns, seven shotguns, seven rifles, three submachine guns (SMGs), 12 air guns and one pen gun. Meanwhile, 4,722 rounds of bullets and cartridges, 165 magazines, 65 cocktails, 2.25 kilograms of gunpowder, 893 locally made weapons, 71 weapon components, 21 pieces of equipment used to manufacture weapons and bombs, and 10,300 chocolate fireworks were also seized during the operations. Police also seized 14,054,559 yaba tablets, 10,732 packets of heroin, 30,427 bottles of Phensidyl, 13,865 bottles of foreign liquor, 560 bottles of locally produced liquor, 12,053 packets of cannabis and other narcotic and drug-like substances during the drives. A total of 23,221 cases were filed and 34,043 people were arrested in connection with the recovery of these drugs.