478 arrested as Dhaka raids seize 14.045 kg cannabis in 24 hours
Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested 478 people and filed 62 cases during 24 hours of raids across the capital on 13 November 2026, seizing 14.045 kg of cannabis alongside yaba pills and heroin. Mirpur accounted for the most arrests with 127, and police said legal proceedings against those held were under way.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested 478 people and filed 62 cases during 24 hours
of regular drives across the capital on Friday 13 November 2026.[1]The
figures were announced on 14 November by DMP Deputy Commissioner for Media and
Public Relations Md Akter Hossain.[1]Mirpur division accounted for the most
arrests with 127, followed by Wari with 74, Tejgaon with 71, Lalbagh with 58,
Uttara with 51, Motijheel with 39, Ramna with 29 and Gulshan with 23, with five
more held by SRU-1 and the Detective Branch.[2]
During the same drives police seized14 kg45 grams (14.045 kg) of cannabis.[1]Police also filed 62 cases and seized 14.045 kg of cannabis, 1,633 Yaba
pills and 2.5 grams of heroin during the drives.[2]Police also recovered five
mobile phones, 17 bicycles, Tk 47,090 in suspected drug-sale proceeds, two
exploded smoke-bomb casings and fragments of eight exploded cocktails.[2]
Police said further legal proceedings against those arrested were under way.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The 478 arrests and 62 cases cover the whole 24-hour sweep across all alleged offences; how many were linked specifically to cannabis was not stated.
Yaba pills, heroin, mobile phones, bicycles, cash and explosive remnants seized in the same sweep are excluded from the cannabis figures; no combined weight is counted as cannabis.
No arrested person was named and no charges or court outcomes were reported beyond legal proceedings said to be under way.
Both opened accounts follow the same DMP press release, so they are not fully independent reporting.
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.
The Drug Control Agency in Ishwardi Upazila, Pabna, arrested a woman in the New Ruppur area on 12 November 2026 and seized 55 pieces of yaba, 200 g of ganja and 36,300 taka in cash described as proceeds from drug sales; a regular case was filed against her at Ishwardi Police Station.
