The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

Nearly 28,000 people have been arrested so far by Joint Forces in the anti-crime crackdown launched across the country under emergency power rules.

A press release issued by the Police headquarters yesterday said police in separate drives across the country arrested 1,552 people in the last 24 hours till 6:00am.

The law enforcers also recovered 14 firearms, 9 crude bombs and 31 rounds of bullet during the period, it added.

Besides, 42 motorbikes were seized for not having valid documents and 2,073 cases filed under the Motor Vehicle Act during the drive.

In Satkhira, Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) recovered some arms and ammunition at Shirulia village in Asashuni upazila early Thursday. Sources said on secret information, RAB-6 men recovered three guns, one pistol, four bullets and five sharp weapons from a pond in front of the house of UP member Nazrul Islam at about 4:00am.

None was arrested in this connection. In Dinajpur, a drug dealer was arrested and 240 bottles of Indian phensidyl recovered in separate drives in Sadar and Parbatipur thanas Saturday.

Officials of Narcotics Control and police raided Dainur village in Sadar upazila and arrested a man, Jalal Uddin, and recovered 100 bottles of phensidyl from his possession at about 10:00am.

Later, the arrested along with the hauled bottles of phensidyl was handed over to local thana.

In another raid, police recovered 140 bottles of phensidyl from the house of Shahidul Haque at Abbaspara village in Parbatipur thana.

The house owner fled away sensing the arrival of law enforcers.

Separate cases were filed with respective police stations.