Woman arrested with 55 yaba and 200 g of ganja in Ishwardi
The Drug Control Agency in Ishwardi Upazila, Pabna, arrested a woman in the New Ruppur area on 12 November 2026 and seized 55 pieces of yaba, 200 g of ganja and 36,300 taka in cash described as proceeds from drug sales; a regular case was filed against her at Ishwardi Police Station.
🇧🇩 New Ruppur area, Ishwardi Upazila, Pabna · Bangladesh
The Drug Control Agency (মাদকদ্রব্য নিয়ন্ত্রণ অধিদপ্তর, Department of Narcotics
Control) arrested a woman in Ishwardi Upazila, Pabna, in an anti-drug operation.[1]She was identified as Rima Khatun.[1]On Thursday afternoon, 12 November
2026, a team led by Inspector Md. Abdur Rahim of the Ishwardi ‘Kha’ circle of
the Department of Narcotics Control conducted the operation in the New Ruppur
area of the upazila, acting on a secret tip.[1]
Officers searched her room and seized 55 pieces of yaba, 200 grams of ganja, and
36,300 taka in cash described as proceeds from drug sales.[1]
Assistant Inspector Muhammad Sher Alam of the Ishwardi circle of the Drug
Control Agency filed a regular case against Rima Khatun at Ishwardi Police
Station over the incident.[1]
Inspector Md. Abdur Rahim said that, based on the secret tip, the operation was
carried out and the woman was arrested, and added that operations against drugs
would continue.[1]
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Photo published with the report of the DNC arrest of a woman in Ishwardi with yaba and ganja, captioned 'Ishwardite iyaba-ganjasoh nari greptor' (Photo: Uttaradhikar 71)Photo details
The exact address of the room in the New Ruppur area where the drugs were seized is not published.
No value estimate for the seized ganja was published.
No charges, custody decision or court outcome beyond the filing of the regular case at Ishwardi Police Station was reported.
The 55 pieces of yaba are recorded in the text but no separate detail has been entered for them.
Only one accessible source reporting this specific incident was found; it is not yet corroborated by a second outlet.
The page photo is captioned only with the story headline 'Ishwardite iyaba-ganjasoh nari greptor' and has no credit stating that it depicts this seizure, so it is not confirmed to show the operation and is not listed as media.
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