Two held with 4 kg ganja in microbus at Dumki checkpoint
Police at the Lebukhali toll-plaza checkpoint in Dumki searched a Noah microbus on 12 November 2026 and seized 4 kg of ganja. Two men in the vehicle were arrested and the microbus was seized, with a case filed under the Narcotics Control Act, 2018.
🇧🇩 Lebukhali toll plaza police checkpoint, Dumki, Patuakhali · Bangladesh
At about 4:45 am on Thursday 12 November 2026, police stopped and searched a
Noah microbus on the paved road in front of the police checkpoint by the
Lebukhali toll plaza in Dumki.[1]Police searched a Noah microbus at the
checkpoint in front of the Lebukhali toll plaza in Dumki and recovered four
kilograms of ganja.[1]Police arrested the two men found in the microbus on
suspicion of transporting the drugs.[1]
Police identified one as 46-year-old Mizanur Rahman Howlader of Kawarchar in
Bandar, Barishal.[1]Police identified the other as 32-year-old Rubel Shikder
of Ayron in Kaukhali Sadar Union, Pirojpur.[1]Dumki police assistant
sub-inspectors Shahbaz and Shahriar Alam Rakib, with accompanying force, were
staffing the checkpoint and carried out the anti-drug operation.[1]
Dumki police station officer-in-charge Md Selim Uddin confirmed the case at
Dumki police station under the Narcotics Control Act, 2018.[1]Dhaka TV
records the case as No. 11 dated 12 November 2026.[2]
Case data
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No court outcome, plea or bail information was reported for the two men.
The accounts differ on the officers named: Rupali Bangladesh and Dhaka TV name ASI Shahbaz and ASI Shahriar Alam Rakib, while South BD News 24 says SI Abdur Rahim Molla prepared the seizure list.
Some roundup outlets combine this seizure with a separate 25 g arrest in Srirampur on 11 November; that arrest is a different event and is left out here.
পটুয়ালীর দুমকিতে নোহা মাইক্রোবাস থেকে ৪ কেজি গাঁজা উদ্ধার, গ্রেপ্তার ২ (Dhaka TV) could not be opened again to check its quotations (The browser page answered HTTP 404.; archived fallback unavailable (no accessible Wayback capture was found). No AI research was started); what it says is as the AI read it.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in South BD News 24: Police seized the microbus used to transport the drugs.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in South BD News 24: A case was filed against the two arrested men under sections 36(1) table 19(ka), 38 and 41 of the Narcotics Control Act, 2018.
Left out case stage, as its quotation was not found in South BD News 24.
Left out charges, as its quotation was not found in South BD News 24.
Left out charged, as its quotation was not found in South BD News 24.
Left out vehicles, as its quotation was not found in South BD News 24.
Munshiganj district Detective Branch police arrested 40-year-old Sohel Sardar with 1 kg 500 grams of ganja at Chonbari mor in Sreenagar on 12 November 2026. Police said the operation was part of an anti-drug drive and that legal proceedings were under way.
Barishal Metropolitan DB police arrested Md Iqbal Hossain, 50, outside Hotel Sweden Palace at Nathullabad bus stand on 12 November 2026. Officers recovered 6 kg of ganja from him and filed a case under the Narcotics Control Act.
District Detective Branch police arrested two men at Ujanisar Dakshinpara in Brahmanbaria Sadar, seizing 12 kg of ganja they were carrying by motorcycle. The men were identified as Arif Mia and Mehedi Hasan Shuvo, and further legal action was pending.
SRB-9 arrested three men with 72 kg of ganja from a covered van at a checkpoint in Stadium Para, Madhabpur, Habiganj on Thursday night. The cannabis was packed in cartons inside the van, which was seized, and the men were handed to Madhabpur police after a Narcotics Control Act case.
