Dhaka, Sept. 24 -- The ongoing countrywide special operation against crime continues to intensify, with police detaining 3,261 additional suspects over the past 48 hours, according to a statement issued by the Police Headquarters on Tuesday night.
Of the detainees, 2,131 individuals were apprehended in connection with previously filed cases and long-pending arrest warrants, while another 1,130 were taken into custody on various fresh charges, including extortion, robbery, narcotics trade, and other criminal activities.
Law enforcement officials also seized a significant cache of weapons and explosives during the drives, including one foreign-made local light gun (LG), one revolver, a single-barrel gun, two bottles of gunpowder, a containe...