Law enforcement agencies and security forces on Friday arrested 1,457 people, including 509 in the Operation Devil Hunt, across Bangladesh aiming at restoring the deteriorated law and order situation.
Firearms and ammunition, including one shooter gun and several locally-made sharp weapon, were also seized in the operation, said the police headquarters in a press release on Friday.
Outside the Operation Devil Hunt, 948 arrests were made on Friday in different types of cases across the country, it said.
Earlier on Thursday, 1,665 people, including 566 in the Operation Devil Hunt, were arrested.
On February 9, the day when the government began the countrywide police-led operation of the joint forces, 1,308 people were arrested.
On February 10, a total of 1,521 people, including 343 in the Operation Devil Hunt, were arrested.
On the following day, 1,775 people, including 607 in Operation Devil Hunt were arrested.
On February 12, 1,686 people, including 591 in the Operation Devil Hunt, were arrested.
Most of the 9,412 individuals arrested so far in the countrywide drives, including in the Operation Devil Hunt, in the five days are the leaders and activists of the Awami League and its allies, according to police officials.