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.
🇧🇩 Purba Guadohuri village, Gosaibari Union, Dhunat, Bogura · Bangladesh
Police arrested 58-year-old Abdus Salam Sarkar with 1.5 kg of ganja in Dhunat
upazila of Bogura.[1][2][3]Officers raided Sarkar’s house in Purba Guadohuri
village of Gosaibari Union on Wednesday, 11 November 2026.[1][2][3]The Department
of Narcotics Control stated that its team conducted the house raid between 8:30
am and 9:20 am.[4]Members of the Department of Narcotics Control also assisted police in the raid.[3]Sarkar, the son of the late Moza Sarkar, was described by
the narcotics department as a listed drug dealer facing multiple drug cases.[4]The case records said Sarkar had stored drugs at his house and sold them over a long period.[3]Station records named his mother as the late Ayton Khatun.[5]
Officers recovered 1 kg500 g of ganja wrapped in polythene inside a white
plastic shopping bag.[1][2][3]The narcotics department reported that the 1.5 kg of
ganja was seized from the bedroom of the house.[4]
DNC Bogura Inspector Md. Aslam Ali Mondol filed a case under the Narcotics
Control Act as complainant at Dhunat police station.[4][3]The case was registered at Dhunat police station as FIR No. 9 and GR No. 212 under section 36(1), schedule item 19(ka), of the Narcotics Control Act, 2018.[5]Dhunat police station
officer-in-charge Atiqul Islam stated that the drive was part of anti-narcotics
operations and confirmed the suspect was forwarded to court.[1][2]Dhunat officer-in-charge Md Atiqul Islam said the accused in the two cases were sent from the station to jail through the Bogura court on Wednesday morning.[5][3]The narcotics
control department stated that investigations continue to identify others
connected with the drug consignment.[4]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
One account attributes the arrest to the police while the narcotics department account says its officers conducted the raid and its inspector filed the case at Dhunat police station.
No estimated value for the seized ganja was published.
The seized ganja was not described as laboratory-confirmed.
No court sentence was reported after the accused was sent to jail through the Bogura court.
A same-day police account also reports a separate assault case against another man, which is not part of this seizure.
Daily Karatoa reports the accused was sent to jail through the Bogura court in the afternoon, while Gono Manusher Awaj gives Wednesday morning.
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.
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.
Chattogram Range police detained 99 people on drug counts in a 24-hour sweep across 10 districts on 10-11 November 2026, seizing 3.175 kg of ganja. Mobile courts jailed 28 people and police collected Tk 12,405 in fines in the wider operation.
