One held as Joypurhat raid finds 4.2 kg of ganja, yaba and syrup
SRB-5 officers raided a house in Sardarpara, Joypurhat town, on the evening of 7 November 2026 and arrested an alleged drug trader, recovering 4 kg 200 g of ganja. Yaba tablets and Phensedyl syrup were also found in the same raid but are not cannabis; the suspect was handed to Joypurhat Sadar police station under the Narcotics Control Act.
Special Response Battalion-5 arrested a man described as a known drug trader in
a raid in the Sardarpara area of Joypurhat town.[1]Officers recovered 7,579
yaba tablets, 99 bottles of Phensedyl cough syrup and 4 kg200 g of ganja in the
raid.[1]The team also seized a motorcycle, a laptop and three mobile phones
said to have been used in the trade.[1]
Acting on a tip-off, an SRB-5 team made a sudden raid on a residential house in
the Sardarpara area of Joypurhat municipality.[1]SRB-5’s media cell in
Rajshahi confirmed the raid in a press release sent at midday on Sunday 8
November.[1]
Officers seized a motorcycle, a laptop and three mobile phones as well as the drugs, in the same raid.[2]The drugs and other items were seized in the presence of neutral witnesses according to procedure.[2]The arrested man and the seized items were handed to Joypurhat Sadar police station for further legal action.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Only one accessible source for this raid was found after searching in Bengali and English; no second outlet or separate police statement could be opened.
The 7,579 yaba tablets and 99 bottles of Phensedyl syrup are not cannabis and are excluded from the cannabis figures; only the 4 kg 200 g of ganja is recorded.
The page says the raid took place on Saturday evening but gives no time; the SRB-5 press release confirming it was sent at midday on Sunday 8 November.
No charge sheet, case number, court date or court outcome was reported; the suspect was handed to police for further legal action.
The yaba figure is printed with a space splitting the number and is read as 7,579 tablets.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in এইমাত্র (Eimattro): An Eimattro report of the same raid said a case was filed against him at the police station under the Narcotics Control Act.
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.
