140 drug arrests in Chattogram sweep as 53.96 kg ganja seized
Police in Chattogram Range detained 140 people on drug-linked counts in a 24-hour operation on 3-4 November 2026, seizing 53.96 kg of ganja. Mobile courts jailed 40 people, 40 drug cases were filed and Tk 7,650 was collected in fines.
🇧🇩 Chattogram Range, Bangladesh
Arrested
140
Cannabis
53.96 kg
Fine
BDT 7,650
Police in Chattogram Range detained 140 people for drugs and various other
offences in a 24-hour operation.[1]The operation ran from Tuesday 3 November
to Wednesday 4 November across 11 districts of the range.[1]Of the 140,
police counted 78 people held in drug cases and 62 more held as drug traders in
regular and other cases.[1]Range DIG Abdul Kudduc Chowdhury announced the
results of the operation.[1]
Officers recovered 53 kg960 grams of ganja, the cannabis component recorded
here.[1]The same recovery also included 23,995 yaba tablets alongside the
cannabis.[1]Mobile courts jailed 40 people and collected Tk 7,650 in fines in
the anti-drug drive.[1]Authorities filed 40 cases under the drug-control law
during the operation.[1]
The drug operation was part of a wider special operation targeting juvenile
gangs, mugging, extortion, terrorist activities and drug offences.[1]Police
said the special operation would continue in the public interest.[1]
The report counts only the 140 drug-linked detentions because the sweep total of 1,179 detained covers all offences including juvenile gangs.
The reports do not say how many of the 140 drug-linked detentions involved ganja rather than yaba.
No prison terms were given for the 40 people jailed by mobile courts, so no prison figure can be recorded.
Yaba tablets are mentioned only to explain the mixed seizure and are excluded from cannabis figures.
The operation ran from 3 to 4 November 2026 and the report uses 3 November as the incident date.
Only one accessible source for this 3-4 November operation could be opened; matching reports were found in search but their pages returned access errors and are not cited.
The page photo is captioned only with the operation headline and is not established to show this seizure, so no media entry is included.
No detained person was named and no later court outcome beyond the mobile-court sentences was reported.
Pirojpur district Detective Branch police arrested 35-year-old Md Sohel Hawlader with 3 kg of ganja in Bhandaria on 4 November 2026. He was caught at Dakshin Bhandaria Muslimpara allegedly poised to sell drugs, and faces proceedings under the Narcotics Control Act.
Locals in Dumki, Patuakhali detained two youths from Bauphal with a stolen goat on 4 November 2026 and handed them to police, recovering 20 grams of ganja, cutting tools and an auto-rickshaw. Police said the men were brought to Dumki station for legal action.
Kasba police arrested 48-year-old Jamal Mia at his house in Chhoto Bayek Madhyapara on the morning of 4 November 2026, seizing 29 kg of ganja. Police filed a Narcotics Control Act case against him at Kasba Police Station.
Detectives arrested 20-year-old Bijoy Robi Das in Krishnanagar village, Chhatak, seizing 1 kg of ganja and 1,104 taka in alleged drug proceeds. A second accused fled the scene; a separate yaba seizure reported in the same article is excluded from this cannabis report.
