A Correspondent :
Chattogram Range Police arrested 1,093 people for offenses including juvenile gang involvement, mugging, extortion, other criminal activities, and drug-related crimes in the past 24 hours on Wednesday.
During the same period, 555 people were detained in an anti-juvenile gang drive. The results were released on Thursday afternoon (October 29).
According to Chattogram Range data, the arrested included 112 people in regular cases, 86 in prior cases, 31 under Section 34 of the Police Act, two under Section 54 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, and 51 under other laws, including Section 151.
The police also arrested 148 people on outstanding warrants and 26 on conviction warrants. Another 91 people were arrested in drug-related cases, of whom one was a drug courier and 90 were drug users. A further 57 drug dealers were arrested in regular and other cases, bringing the total number of drug-related arrests to 148.
During the anti-drug operations, mobile courts sentenced 45 people to imprisonment and collected fines totaling Taka 19,350, while 33 cases were filed under the Narcotics Control Act. Separately, 10 people were arrested on suspicion of belonging to a banned organization: two in Chattogram, three in Cumilla, three in Chandpur, one in Noakhali, and one in Lakshmipur.
Of the 555 people detained in the anti-juvenile gang drive, 344 were released into the custody of their guardians or other responsible persons after signing a written undertaking (bond), and legal action was initiated against the remaining 211.
Cumilla recorded the highest number of detentions at 226, followed by Chattogram with 97, Lakshmipur with 70, Chandpur with 50, Brahmanbaria with 31, Noakhali with 23, Feni with 19, Rangamati with 17, Cox’s Bazar with 11, Khagrachari with eight, and Bandarban with three.
