Woman held with 3 kg of cannabis hidden in betel nut sacks in Kurigram
Police in Bhurungamari, Kurigram district, arrested 55-year-old Momota Begum at the bus terminal on the night of 21 April 2026 and recovered about 3 kg of cannabis hidden among betel nut sacks in an auto-rickshaw. A case was filed under the Narcotics Control Act and she was sent to jail, while the auto-rickshaw driver fled and police said they were trying to arrest him.
🇧🇩 Bhurungamari bus terminal, Bhurungamari, Kurigram · Bangladesh
Police in Bhurungamari upazila, a sub-district of Kurigram district, arrested a
woman at the bus terminal as she was transporting cannabis hidden among sacks of
betel nut.[1]Officers recovered about 3 kg of cannabis from her.[2]The
woman was Momota Begum, 55, wife of Taher Ali of Beguntala village in
Badalgachhi upazila, Naogaon district.[1]The operation took place at about
8:30 pm on Tuesday 21 April 2026 on a tip-off and was led by Muntasir Mamun Mun,
senior assistant superintendent of police for Bhurungamari Circle.[1]Police
said she had collected the cannabis in the border area and hidden it in the
betel nut sacks for transport.[1]
The auto-rickshaw was seized, and its driver fled; police said they were trying
to arrest him.[2]Azim Uddin, officer-in-charge of Bhurungamari police
station, said a case was filed against Begum under the Narcotics Control Act and
she was sent to jail at noon on Wednesday 22 April.[2]
Photos and video
A plastic-wrapped bundle of the seized cannabis on a weighing scale, with betel nuts behind it, after the seizure at Bhurungamari bus terminal. Image published by Banglar Alo News.Photo details
Banglar Alo News reported that the auto-rickshaw driver was also detained as an accomplice, while The New Nation Bangla reported that he fled and was being sought; this report counts only the woman as arrested.
No estimate of the cannabis's value was published.
No charge sheet, court date or outcome beyond the filing of the case was reported.
Coordinates are for the Bhurungamari upazila centre, not a surveyed point at the bus terminal.
The New Nation Bangla article's feature image had no caption or credit and could not be verified as a photo of this event, so it is not listed.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Banglar Alo News: Muntasir said operations continued to identify and arrest others involved.
Two people were detained in separate anti-drug raids in Rajapur, Jhalakathi, with officers seizing 250 g of ganja and yaba tablets. A mobile court sentenced one man to one year and three months in prison with a 2,000-taka fine, while police filed a drug case against the second man.
Arrested 2Cannabis 250 gPrison 1 year 3 monthsFine BDT 2,000
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Officers arrested 58-year-old Abdus Salam Sarkar at his house in Purba Guadohuri, Dhunat, Bogura, seizing 1.5 kg of ganja. A case was filed under the Narcotics Control Act and the accused was sent to court.
Police in Dumki, Patuakhali arrested a 20-year-old youth with 20 grams of ganja during a nighttime road patrol in Lebukhali Union on 11 November 2026. A case was filed at Dumki police station under the Narcotics Control Act.
