The Chennai City Police launched a storming operation recently and arrested more than 600 people on various charges.
Police sources said as part of the operation, police intensified patrolling and conducted vehicle checks and searches in hotels and lodges in a bid to arrest history sheeters who were on the run and to execute the non-bailable warrants issued against them by the courts.
During this operation, 586 people were arrested on suspicious grounds and six under Secs 109 and 110 of Crpc.
The sources said during the operation 88 people were detained on charges of drunken driving.