547 arrested as Dhaka raids seize 62.69 kg of cannabis in 24 hours
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.
🇧🇩 Dhaka, Bangladesh
Arrested
547
Cannabis
62.69 kg
Dhaka Metropolitan Police, the police force for the capital, arrested 547 people
during 24 hours of raids across Dhaka.[1]Ramna accounted for 26 arrests,
Lalbagh for 49, Wari for 70, Motijheel for 56, Tejgaon for 74, Mirpur for 169,
Gulshan for 36 and Uttara for 42, with 24 more by the Detective Branch and one
by the SRU special unit.[1]Police filed 68 cases for various alleged offences
during the same 24-hour sweep.[2]Police said further legal action against
those arrested was under way.[2]
During the same operations, police seized62 kilograms and 690 grams (62.69
kilograms) of ganja, the local term for cannabis.[1]The sweep also yielded
35,810 yaba tablets, 224 bottles of Winserex, 126 bottles of phensedyl and 6,960
litres of country liquor.[2]
Officers carried out the raids on Tuesday 3 November in different police-station
areas of Dhaka.[1]DMP announced the results on Wednesday 4 November in a
press release signed by Deputy Commissioner Md Akhtar Hossain of its media and
public relations division.[1]The sweep was part of DMP’s regular operations
in the capital.[1]
The 547 arrests and 68 cases cover the whole 24-hour sweep across all alleged offences; how many were linked specifically to cannabis was not stated.
Yaba, Winserex, phensedyl and country-liquor figures are mentioned only to explain the mixed sweep and are excluded from cannabis figures; no combined weight is counted as cannabis.
No arrested person was named and no charges or court outcomes were reported beyond further legal action said to be under way.
The incident date of 3 November 2026 is the operation date stated in both reports published on 4 November 2026.
Both accounts appear to follow the same DMP briefing and largely repeat its wording, so they are not fully independent.
The News 24 lead image is labelled as a collected photo with no credit establishing that it shows this seizure, so no media entry is listed.
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.
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.
Police in Chattogram Range arrested 131 people on drug charges in a 24-hour operation on 2-3 November 2026 and seized 30.435 kg of cannabis. Mobile courts jailed 23 people, 35 drug cases were filed and Tk 10,600 was collected in fines.
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.
