Man, 50, arrested with 2 kg of ganja at Ranaganj Bazar in Jamalpur
Jamalpur Sadar police arrested 50-year-old Khokon Bhutro with 2 kg of ganja in the Ranaganj Bazar area during a tip-off-led operation at midday on 4 November 2026. A regular case was filed under the Narcotics Control Act, and police said he would be produced in court after the legal process.
🇧🇩 Ranaganj Bazar area, Jamalpur Sadar upazila, Jamalpur · Bangladesh
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Cannabis
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Jamalpur Sadar police arrested 50-year-old Khokon Bhutro with 2 kg of ganja,
described in the report as ganja, in the Ranaganj Bazar area of Jamalpur Sadar
upazila.[1]The report says the operation was carried out at midday on
Wednesday 4 November 2026 on the basis of secret information received by police.[1]Police said a police team led by Sadar police station sub-inspector Rassel,
acting under the direction of officer-in-charge Nazmus Sakib, conducted a
special operation in the Ranaganj Bazar area.[1]Police said the team searched
the area during the special operation and caught Bhutro red-handed with 2 kg of
ganja.[1]
Bhutro is the son of the late Azizur Rahman of the Shutki Potti area of Jamalpur
town.[1]Officer-in-charge Nazmus Sakib confirmed the incident and said a
regular case has been filed against the detained man under the Narcotics Control
Act and that he will be produced in court after completion of the legal process.[1]Sakib also said police operations against drugs will continue.[1]
Photos and video
A uniformed police officer standing with a handcuffed man and another man behind a table holding two blue plastic-wrapped packages of seized ganja, in the photo published with the Agrajatra Pratidin report. No photo credit or caption was published. Source: Agrajatra Pratidin
No court date or outcome was reported; the source says only that he would be produced in court after the legal process.
Only one report of this arrest could be opened; no separate police statement or second outlet account was found.
The place is given only as the Ranaganj Bazar area of Jamalpur Sadar upazila; no more precise address was published.
The page photograph carries only the headline as alt text with no caption or credit; the description of the officer, detainee and packages comes from visual inspection of the page image.
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