DNC seizes 50 kg of cannabis from covered van on Dhaka–Chattogram highway
On 10 October 2026 a Department of Narcotics Control team searched a covered van on the Dhaka–Chattogram highway at Jatrabari and seized 50 kg of cannabis in 24 taped polythene packets. Mohammad Saiful Islam, 46, was arrested and a case was filed at Jatrabari Police Station.
🇧🇩 Jatrabari, Dhaka · Bangladesh
- Arrested
- 1
- Cannabis
- 50 kg
On Saturday 10 October 2026 the Department of Narcotics Control’s Dhaka Metro (South) office sent a
special team led by sub-inspector Ismail Hossain to the Jatrabari area after a tip-off.[1]
On the Dhaka–Chattogram highway in front of the Royal Host Restaurant, within Jatrabari Police
Station limits, officers searched covered van Dhaka Metro-Na-11-8857.[1] They arrested Mohammad
Saiful Islam, 46, and seized 50 kilograms of cannabis packed in 24 black polythene bags wrapped
with adhesive tape, along with an Android phone and the van.[1]
Deputy director Mohammad Anwar Hossain of the Dhaka Metro (South) office described the operation.[1]
In preliminary questioning, Saiful Islam reportedly said he was transporting the cannabis from a
border area of Cumilla district to supply distribution points across Dhaka.[1]
A case was filed against him under the Narcotics Control Act at Jatrabari Police Station.[1]
Duronto Crime News published the same seizure on 11 October 2026 without further figures.[2]
Sources
- Two Drug Consignments Seized in Dhaka; 3 Arrested. Dhaka Opinion, 10 October 2026. In English.
- ঢাকা মেট্রোপলিটন মা'দকদ্রব্য নিয়ন্ত্রণ অধিদপ্তরের বিশেষ অভিযানে ৫০ কেজি গাঁ'জা সহ একজন মা'দক ব্য'বসায়ী গ্রে'ফতার।. Duronto Crime News, 11 October 2026. In Bangla.
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- Dhaka Opinion also reports a separate DNC arrest with 8,400 yaba tablets in Tejgaon the same day; only the Jatrabari cannabis seizure is covered here.
- Duronto Crime News confirms the Jatrabari operation but gives almost no operational detail beyond the headline and date.
- Saiful Islam said in preliminary questioning that he was bringing cannabis from a Cumilla border area for Dhaka distribution points; that claim was not independently verified.
- No court appearance, charge sheet detail or sentence was reported.