164 drug arrests in Chattogram sweep as 15.1 kg ganja seized
Chattogram Range police detained 1,210 people in a 24-hour sweep across 11 districts on 12-13 November 2026, including 164 held on drug counts. Officers seized 15.135 kg of ganja alongside yaba and other drugs, while mobile courts jailed 43 people and Tk 26,700 in fines was collected.
Law-enforcement agencies detained 1,210 people in a 24-hour special operation
across Chattogram and 10 other districts targeting teen gangs, mugging,
extortion, terrorist activity and drugs.[1]In the anti-drug part of the
drive, officers arrested 130 drug users and 34 alleged drug traders.[1]Officers also detained 537 people in the anti-teen-gang part of the operation.[1]The operation ran from Thursday morning to Friday morning on 13 November
2026.[1]
Officers seized15 kg135 grams of ganja, the local name for cannabis flower,
alongside yaba pills and other drugs.[1]Mobile courts jailed 43 people for
various terms during the anti-drug drive.[1]The authorities collected Tk
26,700 in fines.[1]Police filed 28 cases under the narcotics law.[1]
Chattogram Range Deputy Inspector General Abdul Quddus Chowdhury announced the
results of the operation.[1]Officers arrested 131 members of an organisation
whose activities were declared banned.[1]Of the teenagers detained, 339 were
released to guardians on bond.[1]The law-enforcement agencies said such
special operations would continue in the public interest.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The 1,210 total covers all offences in the wider sweep; the report counts only the 130 drug users plus 34 alleged drug traders as arrested.
It is not reported which of the 164 drug-linked detainees were tied specifically to the 15.135 kg of ganja rather than yaba, tapentadol, syrup or liquor.
No weight was stated for the additional 12 puria of ganja reported alongside the weighed amount, so it is not included in the cannabis figure.
No prison terms were stated for the 43 people jailed by mobile courts, so no prison figure is recorded.
No names, ages or arrest sites were published for the drug-linked detainees.
The whole account rests on a single opened report of the range police statement, without independent corroboration.
The University of Chattogram's proctorial body and security department detained Ledu Mia, a resident of the area around the campus, with ganja in the Kolar Jhupri part of the campus on the evening of 13 November 2026. The university said a significant quantity of the drug was recovered and handed the man and the ganja to the police for further legal action.
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.
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.
Yatrabari police of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested one drug dealer named Mohammad Subu Mia at the entrance of the Sayedabad Janapod Mor flyover check post on 12 November 2026. Officers recovered 6 kg of ganja from his shoulder bag and said a regular case against him was under way.
