484 arrested as Dhaka raids seize 10.62 kg of cannabis in 24 hours
Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested 484 people and filed 52 cases during 24 hours of raids across the capital on 11 November 2026, seizing 10.62 kg of cannabis alongside yaba pills, cocktail bombs and 43 mobile phones. Mirpur accounted for the most arrests with 127, and police said legal proceedings against those held were under way.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested 484 people and filed 52 cases during 24 hours
of raids across Dhaka.[1]The arrests were made during operations in different
police-station areas of the capital on Wednesday 11 November.[1]The figures
were disclosed on Thursday 12 November by DMP Deputy Commissioner (Media and
Public Relations) Md Akter Hossain.[2]Mirpur division accounted for the most
arrests with 127, followed by Tejgaon with 76, Uttara with 51, Motijheel with
59, Lalbagh with 49, Gulshan with 45, Wari with 40 and Ramna with 29.[1]Three
people were arrested by the Special Reserve Unit and five by the Detective
Branch.[3]
During the same drives police seized10.62 kilograms (10 kilograms620 grams) of
cannabis.[1]Police also rescued one victim during the operations.[1]Police
said legal proceedings against those arrested were under way.[1]
The figures are the police’s own counts from a regular anti-crime sweep across
the capital.[1]
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The 484 arrests and 52 cases cover the whole 24-hour sweep across all alleged offences; how many were linked specifically to cannabis was not stated.
Yaba pills, cocktail bombs, weapons and mobile phones were seized in the same sweep and 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.
The opened accounts all follow the same DMP press release and repeat its wording, so they are not fully independent reporting.
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Left out, as its quotation was not found in Dhaka Post: The sweep also yielded 4,282 yaba pills, a Chinese axe, four cocktail bombs, 11 exploded cocktail remnants, two defused cocktail components and 43 mobile phones.
Naogaon District Detective Branch police arrested a 58-year-old man, Enamul Haque, after finding one cannabis plant growing among the vegetables in his own field in Kadimpur village, Naogaon Sadar. Officers seized the plant in front of local residents, and police said a case was filed against him at Naogaon Sadar police station under the Narcotics Control Act.
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.
