Bangladesh Police arrested 39,267 people in a nationwide special operation conducted between May 1 and July 27, while another 102,722 people were detained in separate cases and routine operations during the same period, according to Police Headquarters.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, Police Headquarters said the combined number of arrests made during the special drive and other operations reached 141,989.
The operations also led to the recovery of a large cache of firearms, ammunition and explosives.
Police seized 325 firearms, 2,802 rounds of bullets and cartridges, 103 magazines, 46 cocktails, 2.25 kilograms of gunpowder, 638 locally made weapons, 18 firearm components, 17 pieces of bomb- and weapon-making equipment, and 10,300 chocolate firecrackers.
Among the recovered firearms were 101 pistols, 35 shooter guns, 38 LGs, 19 revolvers, 92 guns, 15 pipe guns, seven shotguns, three rifles, two submachine guns, 12 air guns and one pen gun.
Police also recovered large quantities of narcotics during the operations, including 9,122,996 yaba tablets, 9,080 packets of heroin, 4,095 bottles of phensedyl, 8,211 bottles of foreign liquor, 423 bottles of locally made liquor, 8,552 packets of cannabis and other illegal drugs.
According to the statement, police filed 17,066 cases over the drug recoveries and arrested 24,821 people in connection with those cases.
