15-year-old held with 4 kg of ganja at Dhaka airport railway station
Railway police detained a 15-year-old boy at Dhaka's airport railway station after he tried to run from officers and found 4 kg of ganja in two tape-wrapped packets in his bag. Police valued the haul at about 100,000 taka and said legal steps were under way.
Railway police detained a 15-year-old boy with 4 kg of ganja on a platform of
the airport railway station in Dhaka.[1]
Officers were searching passengers at the platform gate when the
Chattogram–Dhaka Turna Nishitha Express pulled into platform 2 early on Sunday,
1 November 2026.[1]A search of his bag turned up a total of 4 kg of ganja in
polythene, wrapped inside two packets of black tape.[1]Police estimated the
market value of the seized ganja at 100,000 taka.[1]
Police named the boy, said he was 15, and placed his family home in Chhagalnaiya
police area of Feni district, south-eastern Bangladesh.[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.
