Chattogram University proctorial team holds man on campus with ganja
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.
🇧🇩 Kolar Jhupri area, University of Chattogram campus, Hathazari, Chattogram · Bangladesh
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University of Chattogram proctorial body, University of Chattogram security department
The University of Chattogram administration detained a man named Ledu Mia with
ganja in the Kolar Jhupri area of its campus on the evening of 13 November 2026.[1]The university’s proctorial body and its security department carried out
the raid together, and a significant quantity of ganja was recovered from the
man.[1]
The administration said it acted on information that narcotics were being bought
and sold in the campus area, with two assistant proctors and the head of the
security department leading the operation.[1]An assistant proctor of the
university confirmed the detention to The Daily Campus, describing Ledu Mia as a
local drug dealer caught red-handed with the drug.[2]
Ledu Mia is a resident of the area around the university, and the administration
said the raid was meant to check the spread of narcotics on campus and the free
movement of outsiders.[1]He was handed over to the police with the ganja
recovered from him for further legal action.[1]
Photos and video
The detained man, captioned by the outlet as the ganja trader Ledu Mia (centre), photographed at the university. Photo: টিডিসি ফটো (TDC Photo)Photo details
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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.
Narsingdi district police arrested 36 people in separate Detective Branch and thana operations on 12 November 2026 and reported seizing 14 kg of ganja. A 62-year-old trader facing 26 earlier cases was caught with 12 kg in Madhabdi, and 2 kg more turned up in a shoe-polish box during a body search at a Raipura checkpoint.
Police at the Lebukhali toll-plaza checkpoint in Dumki searched a Noah microbus on 12 November 2026 and seized 4 kg of ganja. Two men in the vehicle were arrested and the microbus was seized, with a case filed under the Narcotics Control Act, 2018.
