Four held in Galachipa raids; 30 g ganja seized from one man
Galachipa police arrested four people in three separate raids on 8 November 2026, seizing 30 grams of ganja from one man and 27 yaba tablets from the others. Police filed a ganja case against Bashir Madbar and separate yaba cases against the other three and said drives would continue.
🇧🇩 College Road, Ward 8, Galachipa municipality, Patuakhali · Bangladesh
Galachipa Thana police carried out three separate anti-drug raids on the evening
and night of 8 November 2026 in Panpatti and Dakua unions and Galachipa
municipality.[1]Police arrested four people, including a married couple, in
the raids.[1]Officers seized a total of 27 yaba tablets and 30 grams of
ganja.[1]
At about 7:40 pm another police team raided the College Road area of Ward 8 in
Galachipa municipality.[1]Led by Sub-Inspector Suman Chandra Majumder,
officers arrested 36-year-old Md Bashir Madbar with 30 grams of ganja from the
paved road in front of Palash Saha’s tea shop in the Bara Saha Bari area.[1]
At about 9 pm in Tularam, Ward 7 of Panpatti Union, officers searched Md Saiful
Sikder’s shop beside the Boalia-Panpatti launch-ghat road and recovered 7 yaba
tablets.[1]Officers arrested the shopkeeper Saiful Sikder (28) and his wife
Halima Begum (26) at the shop.[1]At about 11:25 pm in Phulkhali, Ward 9 of
Dakua Union, officers arrested 25-year-old Md Rajib Sardar with 20 yaba tablets
from the paved road in front of Jafar Pedar’s house.[1]
Police filed case No. 18 dated 8 November against Madbar over the ganja seizure
under section 36(1), Table 19(a)/41 of the Narcotics Control Act, 2018.[1]Police filed case No. 20 dated 9 November against Sikder and his wife over the 7
yaba tablets under section 36(1), Table 10(a) of the same Act, and case No. 23
dated 9 November against Sardar under the same yaba provision.[1]Galachipa
Thana police said anti-drug drives would continue across the upazila to
eliminate drugs.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
4
Cannabis
30 g
Agency
Galachipa police station
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (30 g)
Activity
Possession
Setting
Street or public place
Charge
possession of 30g cannabis (Narcotics Control Act 2018, section 36(1) Table 19(a)/41)
The 27 yaba tablets are a separate non-cannabis component and are excluded from the cannabis weight; no yaba weight was published.
No court production, plea or further outcome beyond the three case filings was reported.
No valuation of the seized ganja or yaba was published.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Daily Amader Patuakhali: A local police press note gives the cannabis seizure as 30 grams at 7:40 pm on 8 November 2026 and identifies the accused as Bashir Madbar of Muslimpara, Ward 8, Galachipa municipality.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Banglar Alo News: A second outlet confirms three separate raids netted four people with 27 yaba tablets and 30 grams of ganja.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Daily Amader Patuakhali: The local press-note account gives the same ganja case as Galachipa police station case No. 18 under section 36(1), Table 19(a)/41 of the 2018 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.
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.
