15 arrested with 150 g ganja in Gandaria-Jurain DNC raids
DNC officers arrested 15 people using drugs at spots in Gandaria and Jurain, Dhaka, recovering 150 grams of ganja. An executive magistrate in a mobile court gave those arrested jail terms of various lengths and fines.
On 10 November 2026, a team of the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC)
detained 15 people while they were using drugs during raids on drug spots in
Gandaria and Jurain in the capital Dhaka.[1][2]An executive magistrate sitting
as a mobile court then gave those arrested jail terms of various lengths and
fines.[1][2]
Around 1:30 pm the DNC team raided Karaipatti, Munshirtek and the Dayaganj
rail-crossing area in Gandaria and arrested 12 people who were using drugs
there.[1]The same team then raided the Julhas spot and the Kana Jabbar spot
in Jurain and arrested three more people who were using drugs.[1]Officers
recovered a total of 150 grams of ganja, meaning cannabis, from those arrested.[1][2]
DNC Dhaka Metro (South) deputy director Anwar Hossain confirmed the operation on
Tuesday 10 November.[1]Rupali Bangladesh puts the Gandaria raids at around
3:30 pm and names the same three Gandaria locations.[3]Executive magistrate
Milton Biswas and deputy director Anwar Hossain led the drive, with an SRB-10
team assisting.[3]
Photos and video
DNC handout photo published with the report on the Gandaria-Jurain operation in which 15 people were arrested. Photo: DNC via Jagonews24Photo details
The lengths of the jail terms and the amounts of the fines were not published.
The identities of the 15 people arrested and sentenced were not published.
No separate date for the raids was given beyond the 10 November confirmation, so that date is used as the incident date.
The two opened accounts disagree on the raid time, with one giving around 1:30 pm and the other around 3:30 pm.
The two opened accounts differ on the operation's exact makeup: one describes a single DNC team while the other describes a joint DNC operation with SRB-10 support and names the commanding officers.
DNC officers in Nandigram, Bogura, arrested three people on 11 November 2026 and recovered 200 grams of ganja and five pieces of yaba. A mobile court jailed all three for one month of simple imprisonment and fined each 100 taka, and the magistrate destroyed the drugs on the spot.
A mobile court in Anowara, Chattogram sentenced 38-year-old Babu Dey to seven days of simple imprisonment for consuming ganja on 11 November 2026. Executive Magistrate Md. Abu Jafor Majumder imposed the sentence under the Narcotics Control Act, 2018 during a morning drive in Sholkata.
A mobile court in Islampur, Jamalpur, sentenced 24-year-old Sajib Mia to three months of simple imprisonment and a 100-taka fine for possessing 20 grams of ganja on 9 November 2026. Officers of the Department of Narcotics Control seized the ganja in a raid on Bepari Para in Islampur municipality, and he was sent to the district jail.
A mobile court in Joka area of Doulatpur upazila, Manikganj, sentenced a 30-year-old man to one month of simple imprisonment and a 100-taka fine for consuming cannabis and causing social disorder. Officers of the Department of Narcotics Control seized 5 grams of ganja from his house during the drive on 8 November 2026.
