Special Response Battalion-9 detained a man and a woman with a total of 36 kg of ganja in separate raids in Golapganj and Beanibazar, Sylhet, on 30 October 2026.[1] The detainees were identified as 27-year-old Foysal Ahmed of Dakshinbhag and 30-year-old Suhada Begum of Uttar Dubag in Beanibazar.[1]
In Golapganj, officers acting on secret information raided a dwelling in Dakshinbhag Talipara after a man tried to flee on seeing them, then recovered 32 kg of ganja from two white plastic sacks kept under a bed on his information.[1] In a separate raid in Uttar Dubag, Beanibazar, at about 3:50 pm the same day, officers detained Suhada Begum with 4 kg of ganja.[1]
SRB-9 media officer Additional Superintendent of Police K.M. Shahidul Islam Sohag confirmed the raids on 31 October.[1] The detainees allegedly told initial interrogators that they had collected the ganja from Sylhet’s border area and kept it for sale.[1] Cases were filed against them under the Narcotics Control Act, and they and the seized ganja were handed over to the concerned police stations.[1] SRB-9 said its intelligence work and anti-drug operations were continuing.[1]
