12 held in a 24-hour Gazipur Sadar Thana sweep; 1 kg of ganja seized
Police at the Sadar Thana of Gazipur Metropolitan Police arrested 12 people in a 24-hour sweep across the city and reported seizing 1 kg of ganja, 6 grams of heroin and 183 yaba tablets. Five separate drug cases were opened against those held in the drug recoveries, while four of the 12 were picked up on other cases and arrest warrants.
Police of the Sadar Thana of Gazipur Metropolitan Police arrested 12 people in a
special sweep over 24 hours and reported seizing a large quantity of drugs.[1]The operation was carried out on the orders of Gazipur’s new police commissioner
soon after he took up the post.[1]
Several teams led by Sadar Thana officer-in-charge Md Aminul Islam and
investigation inspector Mehedi Hasan raided different parts of the city.[1]
Two people were arrested with 1 kg of ganja, two with 6 grams of heroin and four
more with 183 yaba tablets, and the remaining four were held on regular cases
and arrest warrants.[1]
Five separate drug cases were opened against those arrested in the drug
recoveries.[1]The Sadar Thana said sweeps of this kind against crime, drugs
and wanted accused would continue.[1]
Photos and video
Photo published with the report on the Gazipur Sadar Thana 24-hour sweep; the page uses only the story headline as its caption and credits nobody, and it is not confirmed to show the seized ganja.Photo details
Only one account of this roundup was found; a statement from Gazipur Metropolitan Police itself was not located, so the details rest on a single Bengali news report.
The article gives no date or time for the raids; 8 November 2026, its publication date, is used as the incident date.
The arrest breakdown adds up to 12 only if the group held with 183 yaba tablets is counted separately from the four held on regular cases and warrants, although both are described as 'another four'; how many were held specifically in the drug recoveries is unclear.
No value for the ganja, no list of the places searched and no identities of those arrested were published.
The article does not say how many of the 12 were formally charged rather than detained, and no court outcome was reported.
The page photo carries only the story headline as a caption and no credit, so it is not confirmed to show the seized ganja or the raids.
The heroin and yaba quantities belong to the same operation but are not cannabis and are excluded from the figures.
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.
