Chandpur district police arrested five people in anti-drug operations and recovered 150 grams of ganja and 22 pieces of yaba, a methamphetamine tablet.[1] The special operations ran across the district’s police station areas on Monday 9 November 2026 on the instruction of Police Superintendent Md Mizanur Rahman to keep law and order normal and control crime.[2] The drive covered a 24-hour period across different parts of the district.[3] The figures were released on the morning of Tuesday 10 November in a press statement sent by the media cell of the superintendent of police’s office.[2]

In the anti-drug drive, Matlab Uttar police station arrested two people and seized 150 grams of ganja and seven pieces of yaba.[2] Additional Superintendent of Police (Administration and Finance) Nadira Nur said legal action had been taken against those arrested and that such drives to curb crime would continue.[1]

In the wider operation, police arrested 28 people in total, comprising 16 leaders and activists of the banned Awami League and its affiliate organisations, six warrant and convicted suspects, one extortion suspect and five people held in drug-related offences.[2] Chandpur Sadar Model police arrested the extortion suspect and separately detained eight more people in the same station area as drug users and suspects.[4] Officers also detained 19 alleged teenage gang members across Matlab Uttar, Faridganj, Chandpur Sadar Model, Hajiganj and Haimchar stations and later handed them to their guardians after verification on bond not to reoffend.[5]