Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested 559 people and filed 44 cases during regular operations across the capital over the previous 24 hours. Additional Deputy Commissioner Niaz Mehdi of DMP’s Media and Public Relations Division disclosed the information in a press release on Saturday, August 15, 2026.

Mirpur Division recorded the highest number of arrests, with 118, followed by Gulshan with 105 and Wari with 87. Police also arrested 79 people in Tejgaon, 65 in Motijheel, 37 in Uttara, 33 in Lalbagh, 32 in Ramna and three through the Detective Branch.

Police said the operations recovered three foreign pistols, two magazines, nine rounds of ammunition, a toy pistol, two switch gears, a knife and a sharp blade. Other seized items included 17 mobile phones, 510 grams of cannabis, 3,710 yaba tablets, 100 packets of heroin, 15 bottles of local liquor, one litre of foreign liquor and 2,700 taka in cash. Police said legal action is being taken against those arrested.