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Highway Robbery Drops 40% After Patrol Boost

Night patrols, highway police outposts and truck-driver hotlines cut robberies on the Dhaka–Chattogram corridor.

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Mahmudul Hasan

Mahmudul Hasan • 1 Jan 2 min read

Highway Robbery Drops 40% After Patrol Boost
Highway police on night patrol — Photo: Daily Best News

CHATTOGRAM — Robberies on the Dhaka–Chattogram highway have fallen 40 percent in six months after the highway police doubled night patrols and opened five new outposts.

A 24-hour hotline for truck drivers now dispatches the nearest patrol within minutes of a distress call.

Transport owners, long the loudest critics, publicly praised the turnaround at a press conference yesterday.

— Daily Best News Desk • Fearless in the search for truth

Reported by Mahmudul Hasan • Edited by the Daily Best News desk. Send corrections to [email protected].

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