Coast Guard arrests trafficker with 4 kg of ganja from a speedboat in Hatiya
Bangladesh Coast Guard officers arrested a 30-year-old man with 4 kg of ganja aboard a speedboat near Chairman Ghat in Noakhali's Hatiya upazila and seized the boat. The Coast Guard valued the ganja at about 160,000 taka and handed him over to Hatiya police station for legal action.
Coast Guard officers arrested a man they described as a drug trafficker and
seized4 kg of ganja from him in Noakhali’s Hatiya upazila on Monday 9 November
2026.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]A Coast Guard team from Hatiya station searched a suspicious
speedboat near Chairman Ghat in the upazila during the operation and made the
arrest on board, acting on a tip-off.[1][2][9][10][3][4][5][6][7][8]The Coast Guard also seized the
speedboat, which it said was used to move the drugs.[1]
The Coast Guard valued the seized ganja at about 160,000 taka.[1][2][9][3][4][6][7][8]Lieutenant
Commander Sabbir Alam Sujan, a Coast Guard media officer, confirmed the details
in a press statement sent to the media on Monday.[1][2][11][6][8]
The Coast Guard said the arrested man, aged 30, is the son of Ali Mia of Chak
Lakkhipur village in Ujirpur union, Chouddagram thana, Cumilla.[1][2][6]The seized
ganja and the arrested man were handed over to Hatiya police station for legal
action.[1][2][9][3][4][5][6][8]The Coast Guard said it would continue such operations to protect
the country’s young people and curb the spread of drugs.[1][2][9]
The Coast Guard team carried out the raid at about 1:30 pm on Monday 9 November 2026.[9][3][6][7]
The raid took place at about 1:30 pm on Monday 9 November 2026 in the area next to Chairman Ghat, under Hatiya police station.[10][4]
The Coast Guard said it would continue such anti-narcotics operations to curb the spread of illicit drugs.[4][8]
The arrested man was named as Md Juyel Rana, aged 30.[6]
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Page image published with the report from Hatiya, titled only "hatya"; no caption states what it depicts. Photo: NAGORIK TVPhoto details
All the outlets carried the same Coast Guard press statement, so no independent account of the raid exists.
The report gives no weight or value estimate for the seized speedboat and does not say whether it was returned, held or handed to police.
No charges were specified, and no court step or outcome was reported; whether the police filed a case was not stated.
The Coast Guard described the man as aged 30 but gave his father's name and home village only, so his identity rests on that description.
The operation was described as a special drive, but its start and end times were not given; the raid is dated to the Monday afternoon stated in the press statement.
No published photo carries a caption or credit establishing that it shows the seized ganja or the speedboat.
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.
