Man jailed 7 days for cannabis use in Anowara, Chattogram
A mobile court in Anowara, Chattogram sentenced 38-year-old Babu Dey to seven days of simple imprisonment for consuming ganja on 11 November 2026. Executive Magistrate Md. Abu Jafor Majumder imposed the sentence under the Narcotics Control Act, 2018 during a morning drive in Sholkata.
A mobile court in Anowara, Chattogram sentenced 38-year-old Babu Dey to seven
days of simple imprisonment for consuming cannabis.[1][2]The court said officers
found Dey consuming ganja at the scene during the drive.[1][2]The operation took
place on the morning of Wednesday, 11 November 2026 in the Sholkata area of Ward
No. 6 in Anowara upazila.[1][2]
Upazila Assistant Commissioner (Land) and Executive Magistrate Md. Abu Jafor
Majumder led the mobile-court drive.[1][2]The convicted man, the son of Sanjit
Dey, is from the same Sholkata area.[1][2]He was sentenced under the relevant
section of the Narcotics Control Act, 2018, to seven days without labour,
meaning simple imprisonment.[1][2]The magistrate said mobile-court drives
against drugs continue regularly in Anowara in the public interest.[1][2]
Photos and video
The man jailed for ganja use, his face obscured, stands with officials at the scene of the Anwara mobile-court drive. Published by Ajker Darpon.Photo details
DNC officers in Nandigram, Bogura, arrested three people on 11 November 2026 and recovered 200 grams of ganja and five pieces of yaba. A mobile court jailed all three for one month of simple imprisonment and fined each 100 taka, and the magistrate destroyed the drugs on the spot.
Police in Rajbari Sadar, Bangladesh, detained four men with yaba and ganja in a special operation on 10 November 2026, and a summary court jailed them for terms of seven to 14 days for drug use. Two of the four were caught with a puri, a small retail packet, of ganja; the other two had yaba tablets, which are not counted in the cannabis figures.
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DNC officers arrested 15 people using drugs at spots in Gandaria and Jurain, Dhaka, recovering 150 grams of ganja. An executive magistrate in a mobile court gave those arrested jail terms of various lengths and fines.
A mobile court in Islampur, Jamalpur, sentenced 24-year-old Sajib Mia to three months of simple imprisonment and a 100-taka fine for possessing 20 grams of ganja on 9 November 2026. Officers of the Department of Narcotics Control seized the ganja in a raid on Bepari Para in Islampur municipality, and he was sent to the district jail.
