20 kg ganja and 12 litres of home liquor seized in Mirsarai, five held, four jailed
Joaragongj police in Mirsarai, Chattogram, seized 20 kg of ganja and 12 litres of locally made cholaimod in two-day operations and arrested five people, while a mobile court sentenced four people to prison terms of up to seven days.
Joaragongj Thana police in Mirsarai, Chattogram, seized20 kg of ganja and 12
litres of locally made cholaimod in separate two-day operations.[1]On 11
November a team led by the thana officer and headed by an assistant
superintendent searched the Islampur Bhabani area in Korhaat Union Ward 9 and
found the ganja at a rented room.[1]Police opened a drug-control-act case
against one man and he fled at the time of the raid.[1]
On 12 November police seized the 12 litres of cholaimod and arrested two people,
and opened a drug-control-act case against them.[1]The police also arrested
one man against a 2024 case, one man on a general arrest warrant and one more
under section 151 of the criminal procedure code in the same operations.[1]A
mobile court, held under the direction of the Chattogram Range DIG from midnight
to early morning, gave four people prison sentences of seven, six, two and one
days without hard labour.[1]
A second outlet, Suprobhat Chattogram, confirmed the same 20 kg ganja and 12
litre cholaimod seizure in the two-day Joaragongj operations.[2]
The Suprobhat account lists the same four sentenced people and the same seven,
six, two and one day sentences.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
5
Charged
3
Sentenced
4
Cannabis
20 kg
Prison
7, 6, 2 and 1 days
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (20 kg); Other cannabis product
Sources
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No separate figure for the value of the 20 kg of ganja or the 12 litres of cholaimod was published.
The exact day of the midnight-to-early-morning mobile court sentences is not clearly stated; it is tied to 12 November operations but the article does not say the court sat that exact night.
The two-day operations combined 20 kg ganja and 12 litres of locally made liquor, but the cannabis-only figure recorded here is 20 kg; no split figure for the liquor is given in kilograms.
The University of Chattogram's proctorial body and security department detained Ledu Mia, a resident of the area around the campus, with ganja in the Kolar Jhupri part of the campus on the evening of 13 November 2026. The university said a significant quantity of the drug was recovered and handed the man and the ganja to the police for further legal action.
Police in Nalchiti, Jhalakati District, raided a house on a tip-off and seized 160 grams of ganja hidden in the earthen kitchen stove, along with 1,500 taka said to come from drug sales. Iti Akter Roni, 33, was arrested, and police said legal action was being taken as the anti-drug drive continued.
Lakshmipur district police detained a 40-year-old man and recovered one roughly five-foot cannabis plant from a rooftop in Sonapur, Ramganj, on 31 October 2026. The District Detective Branch said a case against him was being processed.
Detectives detained 84 people, including 26 women, in a raid on a house in Dhaka's Khilkhet Police Housing area that Additional DIG Abdullah Al Jahir had rented out, seizing cannabis, yaba and alcohol. The home ministry suspended Jahir on 31 October for damaging the police force's image; he says the house was rented for a birthday party and that the rental rules barred drugs.
Arrested 84Prison one month for men; 15 days for women