Detectives in separate drives arrested five people including Md Nurul Haque, general secretary of Dohar upazila unit of Awami League from different parts of Dhaka on Saturday and Sunday.
The others arrestees were Ripon, 41, ringleader of a notorious robber gang in Gazaria upaizla of Munshiganj district, Tawsif Reza, senior joint general secretary of Mohammadpur thana unit Matshyajibi League, Zubayer Ashraf, 37, and Jewel Sarkar, 36, former vice-president of Dhaka North unit BCL.
Md Talebur Rahman, deputy commissioner (media and public relations) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), said detectives arrested Nurul Haque from Segunbagicha area of the capital around 9:30 pm.
Nurul has been accused in several cases filed with Khulgaon police stations in Dhaka and Dohar Police Station, he added.
Meanwhile, the DB police conducted a drive in Motijheel area around 2:30 am and arrested Ripon. He was wanted in 23 cases filed with different police stations in Munshiganj and Chandpur districts.
Besides, a team of Tejgaon DB police conducted a drive in Tejgaon are and arrested Tawsif around 9 pm on Saturday.
Detectives from Wari division, in a drive, arrested Zubayer from Bongshal area of the capital around 5 pm while another branch of DB from Mirpur division arrested Jewel from Mirpur area around 11:25 pm.