A microbus carrying Indian cannabis plunged into a pond while fleeing a police chase in Kasba upazila, a sub-district of Brahmanbaria district, on the morning of 28 August 2026.[1] Acting on a tip-off about a large shipment, a team from Kasba Police Station set up a checkpoint on the Syedabad–Nayanpur road in the early hours.[2] When a black microbus ignored signals to stop and sped away, police gave chase.[2] The driver turned onto the Andirpar–Monkashair road and lost control while speeding through Khidirpur village, sending the microbus into a roadside pond.[2] The driver and the other smugglers swam ashore and escaped, and no arrests were made.[2]

Packages of cannabis floated to the surface, and police recovered nine sacks from the water.[2] A crane pulled the microbus out of the pond in the afternoon.[1] Kasba Police Station Officer-in-Charge Ali Mohammad Rashed said the exact quantity of cannabis in the nine sacks could not be determined immediately.[1] The vehicle and the seized cannabis were taken to the station, and police said efforts were under way to find the fleeing suspects.[2] Legal proceedings over the incident were under way, the officer said.[1]