The Department of Narcotics Control, Bangladesh’s drug agency, arrested two men on the morning of Thursday 12 November 2026 at a temporary checkpoint on the Kendua-Atharbari road.[1] The stop was in Haringar Fenargati, in Sandikona union of Kendua upazila, Netrokona district.[1] The men were Monir Uddin, 35, son of the late Suruj Ali, from Bhalukber in Ishwarganj upazila, Mymensingh, and Shah Alam, 32, son of Md. Akher Uddin, from Mirarchar in Bhairab upazila, Kishoreganj.[1] Assistant Director Md. Nazmul Haque of the Netrokona district office said the team had set up the checkpoint on a tip-off and searched passing vehicles.[1]
Officers said they found 34 kg of cannabis, ganja, in a CNG-powered auto-rickshaw, a three-wheeled taxi that runs on compressed natural gas, and seized the vehicle and two mobile phones.[1] The district office said the cannabis was packed in 17 bundles.[2] A department press release said the bundles were wrapped in sky-blue polythene and khaki tape and were taken from a green auto-rickshaw.[3] The press release said the search ran from 7:15 am to 8:30 am.[3] Nazmul Haque put the estimated market value of the cannabis at 1,020,000 taka.[1] The department valued the auto-rickshaw at 500,000 taka and the two phones at 24,000 taka, and put the total for everything seized at 1,544,000 taka.[3]
Nazmul Haque said a regular case had been filed against both men at Kendua police station.[1] Dhaka Mail reported that Inspector Khandaker Nazim Uddin filed a regular case at Kendua police station as the complainant.[2] Nazmul Haque said the two would be sent to court after the case.[2] An afternoon statement from the department said a case under the Narcotics Control Act was still being prepared.[3] The department said it had preliminary information that the two were involved in trafficking drugs between districts.[3]
