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Vol. 4 Num 289 Sun. March 21, 2004  
   
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Undercover cops nab 349 in city


The 99 armed plainclothes police teams comprising police, members of Detective Branch (DB), Rapid Action Battalion (Rab), Rapid Action Team (RAT) and Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) arrested 349 alleged criminals on the third day of their anticrime drive in the capital Friday.

The plainclothes police teams held 124 people while the joint forces of the BDR, Armed Police Battalion and police nabbed 125 others in Motijheel, Kotwali, Gulshan, Mirpur and Pallabi Police Station areas. However, they failed to arrest any top criminal or seize firearms during the crackdown.

The police teams have been asked to arrest killers, extortionists, listed criminals, members of organised gangs and car lifters and recover illegal arms, drugs and stolen vehicles.