Two held with 50 kg ganja in Dhaka's Khilkhet; cough syrup seized
DB police arrested two men at Kuril Mor in Dhaka's Khilkhet with 50 kg of ganja and 24 bottles of Indian-made cough syrup, seizing a motorcycle used for transport. Police valued the ganja at 1 million taka and filed a case under the Narcotics Control Act, 2018.
Dhaka Metropolitan Detective Police’s Ramna division arrested two alleged drug
dealers in Dhaka’s Khilkhet with 50 kg of ganja and 24 bottles of Indian-made
intoxicating cough syrup.[1]The arrested accused were identified as
24-year-old Mahbub Alam Shipon of Araihazar in Narayanganj and 49-year-old Md.
Hazrat Ali.[1]A DB team arrested them in a drive in the Kuril Mor area under
Khilkhet Police Station on Saturday and recovered a motorcycle used to transport
the drugs at the time of arrest.[1]
Acting on a secret tip, a Ramna zonal team conducted a special anti-drug drive
and stopped the two men in front of the Haji Sahab Uddin Baitul Falah Jame
Mosque on the south side of the road from Kuril Mor toward 300 Feet.[1]A
search of the sacks with them yielded 50 kg of ganja and 24 bottles of
Indian-made WINCEREX cough syrup.[1]Citing DB, the report put the estimated
value of the seized drugs at 1,072,000 taka, comprising 1,000,000 taka for the
50 kg of ganja and 72,000 taka for the cough syrup.[1]
Officers also seized an unnumbered Yamaha R15 V4 motorcycle used by Mahbub Alam
Shipon.[1]A case was filed against the two arrested men at Khilkhet Police
Station under the relevant sections of the Narcotics Control Act, 2018.[1]Assistant Police Commissioner Md. Ali Ashraf of the DB Ramna zonal team
confirmed the information at noon.[1]
Photos and video
DB Ramna officers with two arrested men behind taped ganja bundles and WINCEREX cough-syrup bottles at the Ramna Intelligence Division. Photo: Dhakatimes24Photo details
The 24 bottles of Indian-made WINCEREX cough syrup seized in the same operation are non-cannabis and their weight and value are excluded from cannabis figures; only the separable 50 kg ganja and its 1,000,000-taka value are recorded.
The seizure values are DB police estimates, not independently verified market values.
The report gives Saturday for the drive and was published Saturday 14 November 2026, used as the incident date; no separate time of arrest was given.
No court outcome beyond the Khilkhet Police Station case filing was reported.
Only one accessible outlet account of this event was found after searching in Bengali and English.
SRB-13 searched a Rangpur-to-Saidpur bus at Kellaband CO Bazar in Rangpur on 14 November 2026 and seized 16 kg of ganja. Passenger Md Suman Mia, 35, was arrested and handed over with the drugs after a Narcotics Control Act case was filed.
Police in Brahmanpara, Cumilla arrested two women carrying 10 kg of ganja taped around their stomachs under burqas. Both were sent to court on 14 November 2026 and police said each already faces two pending narcotics cases.
Chandpur district police arrested 58 people and detained 38 teenagers in special drives on 12-13 November 2026, including seven drug-related suspects. Officers seized 100 grams of ganja alongside yaba tablets, with legal action taken against those arrested.
Police in Dumki, Patuakhali arrested Md Al Amin Chakladar with 100 grams of ganja, Tk 1,700 in alleged drug-sale proceeds and a motorcycle on 13 November 2026. A case was filed at Dumki Police Station under the Narcotics Control Act, 2018 and he was to be sent to court.
