115 drug arrests in Chattogram sweep as 51.64 kg ganja seized
Police in Chattogram Range arrested 115 people on drug charges in a 24-hour operation across the region's 11 districts on 30 October 2026 and seized 51.64 kg of ganja. Thirty-five people were jailed by mobile courts, 33 drug cases were filed and 7,610 taka collected in fines.
🇧🇩 Chattogram Range, Bangladesh
- Arrested
- 115
- Cannabis
- 51.64 kg
- Fine
- BDT 7,610
Police in Chattogram Range arrested 115 people on drug charges.[1] The arrests
came during a 24-hour operation across the range.[2] The operation was carried
out on Friday 30 October 2026, and the range office announced the results in
Chattogram the next day.[1]
The 115 drug arrests comprised four people accused of carrying drugs, 67 of
consuming drugs and 44 of drug trading.[1] Thirty-five people were jailed by
mobile courts in the anti-drug operation, 33 drug cases were filed and 7,610
taka was collected in fines.[2]
The drug arrests were part of a wider sweep that also targeted juvenile gangs,
mugging, extortion and militancy, the range office said.[1]
Sources
- চট্টগ্রামে একদিনে গ্রেপ্তার ৯৭৮ জন. Dainik Purbokone, 31 October 2026. In Bangla.
- চট্টগ্রাম রেঞ্জে ২৪ ঘণ্টায় গ্রেপ্তার ৯৭৮. Rupali Bangladesh, 31 October 2026. In Bangla.
Open questions the AI reported
- The reports do not say how many of the 115 drug arrests involved ganja rather than yaba, liquor or tapentadol.
- The sweep's total of 978 arrests covers all offences, so the report counts only the 115 drug-related arrests.
- No prison terms were given for the 35 people jailed by mobile courts.
- No arrested person was named and no charges or later court steps were reported for them.
- Both reports appear to follow the same range-office briefing and largely repeat its wording, so they are not fully independent.
- The Rupali page labels its lead photograph 'collected' and the Purbokone page gives no credit for its lead image; neither is a verified picture of the operation, so no media are listed.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in Rupali Bangladesh: Officers seized 51 kg 640 g of ganja, along with 5,257 yaba (methamphetamine) tablets, 116 litres of cholai (country liquor), 70 bottles of foreign liquor and 109 tapentadol tablets.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in Rupali Bangladesh: The operation covered 11 districts, among them Chattogram, Cumilla, Cox's Bazar and the hill districts of Rangamati, Khagrachhari and Bandarban.
