99 drug arrests in Chattogram sweep as 3.175 kg ganja seized
Chattogram Range police detained 99 people on drug counts in a 24-hour sweep across 10 districts on 10-11 November 2026, seizing 3.175 kg of ganja. Mobile courts jailed 28 people and police collected Tk 12,405 in fines in the wider operation.
Chattogram Range police detained 1,172 people across 10 districts in a 24-hour
special operation against teen gangs, mugging, extortion, terrorist activity and
drugs.[1]The operation ran from Tuesday 10 November to the morning of
Wednesday 11 November 2026.[1]Police counted 65 people arrested in drug cases
and 34 more held as drug traders in regular and other cases.[1]Mobile courts
jailed 28 people during the anti-drug drive.[1]
Police collected Tk 12,405 in fines and filed 23 drug cases during the
operation.[1]Officers seized3 kg175 grams of ganja in the operation.[1]The same recovery also included 13,711 yaba pills, 10 litres of distilled
liquor, 11 bottles of foreign liquor and 28 bottles of scuff syrup, which are
excluded from the cannabis figures.[1]
Range DIG Abdul Quddus Chowdhury announced the results of the operation.[1]Officers also detained 470 teenagers in the anti-teen-gang part of the drive,
releasing 273 of them to guardians on bond.[1]Police said the special
operation would continue in the public interest.[1]
Case data
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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
Khulna's Special Response Battalion arrested 26-year-old Tarek Hossain at Katakhali Mor in Fakirhat with eight kilograms of ganja. Police filed a Narcotics Control Act case and sent him to jail through the Bagerhat court.
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.
