House owner held after four puria of ganja found in Jaintiapur home
Residents of Dibir Haor in Sylhet's Jaintiapur upazila and then police searched the house of Ramzan Ali, 45, and found four puria of cannabis wrapped under his mattress, while officers seized drug-taking equipment and took him into police custody. An executive magistrate said the case fell outside the mobile court's jurisdiction, so police will now investigate and file a regular case.
Police took the owner of the house, 45-year-old Ramzan Ali, into custody after a
search in Dibir Haor, Jaintiapur upazila, Sylhet district.[1]The operation
ran in Dibir Haor area of Nijpat Union from 8pm to 10.30pm on Saturday 7
November.[1]
Police searching his bedroom recovered four puria of cannabis, a local loose
measure, from two separate places under his mattress.[1]Villagers had earlier
found 11 tablets described as yaba in his trouser pocket under his lungi, a wrap
he was wearing, and called the police.[1]A police team went to the house and,
with local people’s help, seized drug-taking equipment.[1]
Two other people who were with Ramzan Ali were held by residents and handed to
police.[1]They were later released after no evidence of drug use was found
against them.[1]Ramzan Ali admitted smoking cannabis and that the recovered
cannabis was in his room, but denied knowing about the 11 tablets or the
drug-taking equipment.[1]
Jaintiapur Upazila Executive Officer Mohammad Abul Hasnat Khan, an executive
magistrate, came to the scene around 10.30pm and inspected the drugs and
questioned him.[1]He said the four puria of cannabis and 11 tablets described
as yaba were presented before him.[1]He said the tablets must be
laboratory-tested before they can be confirmed as yaba.[1]The officer said
the case fell outside the mobile court’s jurisdiction and that he would order
the officer in charge of Jaintiapur Model Police Station to investigate and take
legal action.[1]
Local sources said a 2019 drug case filed by 48 Border Guard Bangladesh is
pending against Ramzan Ali at Jaintiapur Model Police Station, case number 27.[1]
Photos and video
Page photograph published with the report on the Jaintiapur house search, captioned only as a collected picture, with no credit naming the photographer or agency, so it is not confirmed to show this house or the seizure.Photo details
The cannabis is measured only as four puria, a local loose measure; no weight or value was published, so no kilogram figure is given.
The 11 tablets are described as yaba, a methamphetamine-based drug, so their quantity is outside this tracker's cannabis scope and is not counted in any cannabis figure.
The tablets are described only as suspected yaba and the executive magistrate said laboratory testing is needed to confirm them.
No charge, case number for the new incident or court outcome is reported; the article says police will investigate and file a regular case.
Local sources, not police, are the basis for the 2019 drug case (number 27) said to have been filed by 48 Border Guard Bangladesh against Ramzan Ali; the article gives no details or status for it.
The article records that residents, not police, found the tablets and initially detained two other people, so the account of who searched what rests partly on unnamed local sources.
Only one accessible account of this incident could be found; searches in Bengali and English returned no second outlet or police statement.
Coordinates are for Jaintiapur upazila, not the Dibir Haor hamlet itself.
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.
