Bangladesh’s Department of Narcotics Control seized 38 kg 50 g of cannabis, known in Bangladesh as ganja, in two separate drives in Jashore on Monday 9 November 2026.[1][2][3] In the first drive, officers searched the second-floor room of a two-storey house at Ghop Uttarpara and found 38 kg of ganja there.[1][2][4][3] The department said the Ghop drive ran from 11:00 to 11:50 am and the room searched was in the suspect’s possession.[5] A sub-inspector of the department filed a regular case under the Narcotics Control Act at Kotwali Model police station over that seizure.[1][2] Sub-Inspector Shahriar Hossain filed a regular case under the Narcotics Control Act at Kotwali Model police station as plaintiff over the 38 kg seizure.[3]
In a second drive the same day, officers detained a 26-year-old at Kazipara Kathaltala with 50 g of ganja.[1] The person held at Kazipara Kathaltala with 50 g of ganja was named as 26-year-old Sujon Sheikh.[3] The second drive was carried out around 2:30 pm.[6][2] A mobile court run by executive magistrate Tawmid Hasan sentenced him to 14 days of simple imprisonment and a 200-taka fine, and had him sent to jail.[6][2][4][7][3] The prosecution at the mobile court was conducted by a sub-inspector of the narcotics department.[5]
The same report counts four people detained in Jashore that weekend, because district detective branch officers separately arrested two men with 110 yaba tablets, a methamphetamine pill, on the night of 8 November.[1][3] Those two, picked up in Jashore municipality ward 7 and in Narendrapur union, were sent to court on 9 November.[1]
জেলা প্রশাসনের নির্বাহী ম্যাজিস্ট্রেট তাওমীদ হাসান ভ্রাম্যমাণ আদালত পরিচালনা করেন।[2] সোমবার (৯ নভেম্বর) সকালে যশোর সদর উপজেলার কচুয়া ইউনিয়নের ঘোপ উত্তরপাড়ায় অভিযান চালানো হয়।[2] এ সময় ওই এলাকার আলতাফ বিশ্বাসের ছেলে বাবলু হোসেনকে (৩৫) আটক করা হয়।[2]
