Rohingya mother and son held with 15 kg of ganja in Mirsharai
SRB-7 officers stopped a 48-year-old Rohingya woman and her 19-year-old son on the Dhaka–Chattogram highway at Bariarhat Bazar in Jorarganj, Mirsharai, with 15 kilograms of ganja. The battalion valued the drug and handed the pair and the ganja to Jorarganj police station for legal action.
Officers of SRB-7, Chattogram, detained two Rohingya residents of a registered camp in Ukhiya with 15
kilograms of ganja during a drive in Jorarganj, Mirsharai, on the morning of Sunday 8 November 2026.[1][2][3]They were stopped at about 8.25 am on the Chattogram-bound side of the Dhaka–Chattogram highway
at Bariyarhat Bazar, waiting for a vehicle to take the ganja to Cox’s Bazar.[2]The ganja was packed
in three bundles wrapped in polythene and tape inside two shoulder bags.[2]SRB-7 put its market value
at 150,000 taka.[1][4][5][2][3]
In preliminary questioning the two said they had long bought ganja cheaply in border areas of Feni and
Chattogram and sold it at higher prices to traffickers and users in Cox’s Bazar.[4][5]
Photos and video
The two detained people standing in front of an SRB-7 vehicle, in the picture published with the report on the Bariarhat Bazar arrest. Photo: NewsNow24Photo details
No second published account of the 8 November arrest was found; the SRB-7 media site had not posted the release and the battalion's Facebook post could not be opened.
The only account reproduces the SRB-7 press release, so the account, the 15 kg figure and the 150,000 taka valuation are the battalion's own.
The article gives the operation as 'in the morning' with no exact time, and gives no date for any filing of a case or court appearance.
No laboratory confirmation of the substance was reported and no charges were specified.
The two were reported through their registered camp in Ukhiya, Cox's Bazar, but the arrest took place in Chattogram district, several hours' travel away; the reports do not explain the route.
The report does not say whether the two were released, held in custody or produced before a court.
The page photo shows the two detainees in front of an SRB-7 vehicle rather than the seized ganja, and carries no separate photo credit.
The article links to a separate report of 16 arrests over an attack on police at Bandar thana; that is a different event and is left out here.
A 28 October 2026 SRB-7 interception at Mastannagar in the same Jorarganj area, in which two Rohingya men were held with 17 kg of ganja, is a separate earlier event and is not covered here.
The 15 kg weight could not be attached to figures because no quotation for it passed the check in this session.
The text gives a weight ("15 kilograms") but the figures have no kg_seized; check whether it belongs there.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in NewsNow24: The two detained people and the seized ganja were handed to Jorarganj police station for legal action.
Left out arrested, as no supporting quotation was given.
Left out value, as no supporting quotation was given.
Chattogram Pratidin reproduces the same SRB-7 release as the account already cited, so it is not independent reporting of the arrest.
The article names no charges, no case filing and no remand or court appearance.
This account also reports that the two tried to flee with two shoulder bags on the Chattogram-bound side of the Baroiyarhat Bazar road, that the 15 kg was wrapped in three bundles, and that the pair and the ganja were handed to Jorarganj police station; those Bengali passages did not pass the quotation check in this session, so they were left out.
Newszonebd carries no byline beyond a news desk and reproduces the SRB-7 release, so it gives no independent confirmation of the account, the 15 kg figure or the valuation.
The report states that the pair carried two shoulder bags and that the 15 kg was wrapped in three bundles; no other account confirms those details.
Rajshahir Somoy reproduces the same SRB-7 release as the accounts already cited, so it gives no independent confirmation of the account, the 15 kg figure or the 150,000 taka valuation.
The article names no charges, case filing or court appearance date.
Banglanews24 reproduces the SRB-7 release through the battalion's assistant director (media), so it gives no independent confirmation of the account, the weight or the valuation.
The article names no charges, case filing or court appearance.
The article gives the operation at about 8:30 am, says the pair tried to flee with two shoulder bags and that the drug was wrapped in three bundles, but those passages did not pass the quotation check in this session, so they were left out.
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.
