Austagram police detained one man and one woman with 8 kg of ganja in Austagram, Kishoreganj.[1] The two were identified as 23-year-old Md. Ujjwal Mia of Gonkipar village and 30-year-old Razia Khatun of Ikortoli village, both of Gazipur Union in Chunarughat, Habiganj.[1] Officers caught the pair as they tried to run away on seeing the police.[1]
Police searched the detainees in front of witnesses and recovered a total of 8 kg of ganja from them.[1] The raid happened at about 4:30 pm on Sunday, 1 November, on the paved road in front of the Jalam BADC pump between Purba Austagram and Ikordia Ghat, near Akhra Bazar.[1] Police said they had received a tip at about 4:20 pm that drugs were being bought and sold in the Akhra Bazar area of Purba Austagram Union.[1]
The police team was led by Austagram police station officer-in-charge Md. Rokonuzzaman.[1] Police described the action as a special operation launched on secret information about drug buying and selling.[1]
