Detectives arrest Gobindaganj man with 500 g of ganja; second suspect flees
Detectives in Gobindaganj, Gaibandha, arrested Md. Badal Mondal, 40, with 500 grams of dry ganja at his home before dawn on 29 October 2026. A case was filed against him and Shamim, 38, who police say fled during the raid.
Detectives in Gobindaganj, Gaibandha, arrested Md. Badal Mondal, 40, with 500
grams of ganja, the local word for cannabis.[1]A second man, Shamim, 38, fled
the scene, police said.[1]The raid took place at 4:45 am on Thursday 29
October 2026 in Krodgacha, Gobindaganj upazila.[2]Shamim is the son of Md.
Dudu Hazi of the same village.[1]
The district detective branch, known as the DB, acted on a tip-off, led by its
officer in charge under the direction of the Gaibandha superintendent of police.[2]Officers alleged that Badal was buying and selling ganja from a room of his
south-facing tin-roofed house.[2]The ganja was seized before witnesses at the
scene.[2]
A case was filed at Gobindaganj police station against Badal and the fugitive
Shamim.[2]Police gave the case number as 47, dated 29 October 2026.[2]They
said it was brought under section 36(1), schedule 19(a), and section 41 of the
Narcotics Control Act 2018.[2]Police said the local law-and-order situation
was normal and anti-drug operations were continuing.[2]
Photos and video
A DB officer in a police vest and a man in a maroon T-shirt stand in front of a banner for the District Detective Police, Gaibandha, in a photo published with the report of the arrest.Photo details
The submitted report dates the raid to Wednesday 29 October at about 4 am; Chapaikantha gives Thursday 29 October 2026 at 4:45 am. The report uses 29 October, a Thursday.
The submitted report places the raid in Harirumpur union; Chapaikantha names ward 2 of Harinathpur union No. 9. Krodgacha is the village in both accounts.
No court appearance, charge framing or outcome was reported.
No value was given for the 500 grams of ganja.
Both accounts rest on police statements; no independent witness account was found.
The map point is the centre of Gobindaganj upazila; Krodgacha village was not precisely located.
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.
