Fake journalist held with 300 g of ganja in Barisal DB raid
Barisal Metropolitan Police's Detective Branch arrested Abdul Jalil Akon, 35, with 300 grams of ganja in the Chandmari Kheyaghat area of Barisal city on 13 November 2026. Police said he had made his own press card and used a journalist's identity while running a drug trade from rented rooms in the city, and a case was filed against him under the Narcotics Control Act.
🇧🇩 Chandmari Kheyaghat area, Ward 10, Barisal city · Bangladesh
Barisal Metropolitan Police’s Detective Branch (DB) arrested Abdul Jalil Akon,
35, with 300 grams of ganja during a raid in the Chandmari Kheyaghat road area
under Kotwali Model police station.[1]The raid was carried out in the
Chandmari Kheyaghat area of Ward 10 of Barisal city at about 9:30 am on Friday
13 November 2026.[2]Police said the raid caught Abdul Jalil Akon, whom they
described as a drug seller, and recovered 300 grams of ganja from him.[1]
Jalil ran a Facebook page and lived in a rented room on Baptist Mission Road,
and police said he used a journalist’s identity while carrying out criminal
activities.[1]A press card recovered from him named him as publisher and
editor of an online portal called Ajker Manobjomin.[3]Police said he had made
the journalist identity card himself and had used it to try to gain advantages
in various places.[2]Police said Jalil was not attached to any media
organisation.[2]Jalil is the son of the late Moinuddin Akon of Indrakul
village in Suryamani union of Bauphal upazila, Patuakhali district.[1]His
home is in Bauphal upazila of Patuakhali, and police said he had been running a
drug trade from rented accommodation in Barisal city.[2]Police said several
drug-related allegations already stood against him.[2]
A case was filed against him under the Narcotics Control Act at Kotwali Model
police station.[1]
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Source: Dhaka MailPhoto of Abdul Jalil Akon, the man arrested with ganja in Barisal, published with the Jaijaidin report. Photo: Daily JaijaidinPhoto details
The 300 grams of ganja was not described as weighed before witnesses or laboratory-tested, and no street value was published.
The accounts describe the raid site slightly differently, naming the Chandmari Kheyaghat road area, the Gazi Samir mill inside it, and Ward 10 of the city; the report uses the area as the first outlet named it.
No court outcome after the case was filed was reported, including whether the accused was remanded or granted bail.
The reporting rests on the Barisal Metropolitan Police account rather than an independent police release.
The accounts do not say how long the accused had been dealing in ganja or where he obtained it.
Police in Nalchiti, Jhalakati District, raided a house on a tip-off and seized 160 grams of ganja hidden in the earthen kitchen stove, along with 1,500 taka said to come from drug sales. Iti Akter Roni, 33, was arrested, and police said legal action was being taken as the anti-drug drive continued.
Police at the Lebukhali toll-plaza checkpoint in Dumki searched a Noah microbus on 12 November 2026 and seized 4 kg of ganja. Two men in the vehicle were arrested and the microbus was seized, with a case filed under the Narcotics Control Act, 2018.
Munshiganj district Detective Branch police arrested 40-year-old Sohel Sardar with 1 kg 500 grams of ganja at Chonbari mor in Sreenagar on 12 November 2026. Police said the operation was part of an anti-drug drive and that legal proceedings were under way.
Barishal Metropolitan DB police arrested Md Iqbal Hossain, 50, outside Hotel Sweden Palace at Nathullabad bus stand on 12 November 2026. Officers recovered 6 kg of ganja from him and filed a case under the Narcotics Control Act.
