549 arrested as Dhaka raids seize 29.2 kg of cannabis in 24 hours
Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested 549 people and filed 57 cases during 24 hours of raids across the capital, seizing 29.2 kg of cannabis alongside yaba and phensedyl. The Mirpur division made the most arrests, and police say further legal action is under way.
🇧🇩 Dhaka, Bangladesh
Arrested
549
Cannabis
29.2 kg
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), the police force for the capital, arrested 549
people and filed 57 cases during raids across Dhaka over a 24-hour period.[1]Ramna accounted for 30 arrests, Lalbagh for 46, Wari for 66, Motijheel for 51,
Tejgaon for 75, Mirpur for 152, Gulshan for 69 and Uttara for 56, with four more
by the Detective Branch.[2]The arrests were made during operations in
different police-station areas of Dhaka on Monday 2 November.[1]Police said
further legal action against those arrested was under way.[2]
During the same operations, police seized29 kilograms and 200 grams (29.2
kilograms) of ganja, the local term for cannabis.[1]The sweep also yielded
128 yaba tablets and 19 bottles of phensedyl, alongside parts of two exploded
cocktails, two litres of petrol, eight mobile phones and 36,380 taka in cash.[2]Police also rescued one victim during the raids.[1]
These are police counts in which the cannabis was recorded separately from the
other drugs seized.[1]The sweep was part of DMP’s regular operations in the
capital.[2]
The 549 arrests and 57 cases cover the whole 24-hour sweep across all alleged offences; how many were linked specifically to cannabis was not stated.
Yaba, phensedyl, cocktail, petrol, phone and cash figures are mentioned only to explain the mixed sweep and are excluded from cannabis figures; no combined weight is counted as cannabis.
No names, charges or court outcomes for those arrested were reported.
The incident date of 2 November 2026 is the operation date stated in both reports published on 3 November 2026.
The DMP News and Jugantor page images carry only the headline as caption with no credit establishing that they show this seizure, so no media entry is listed.
Maheshpur Thana police arrested three men with 60 grams of ganja on the night of 3 November 2026 at Mirzapur Kumillapara in Jhenaidah. Police filed Narcotics Control Act case No. 6 and said the men were being processed for production before a court, while a fourth suspect fled.
SRB-14 officers arrested four suspected traders at a Ghatail checkpoint after finding 30 kg of ganja hidden in luggage on a Mymensingh-to-Panchagarh bus. A case was filed at Ghatail Police Station and the detainees were handed to Ghatail police with the drugs and four phones.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested 547 people and filed 68 cases during 24 hours of raids across the capital on 3 November 2026. Police seized 62.69 kg of ganja alongside yaba, Winserex, phensedyl and country liquor, with further legal action said to be under way.
Rajpara police arrested Rumman Ali and Khondakar Shakil Hossain Palash with 195 grams of ganja at Dashpukur Bypass in Rajshahi on 2 November 2026. Police filed cases under the Narcotics Control Act and sent the men to jail through the court the next morning.
