Laksam railway police report 19 arrests and 130.7 kg of ganja in eight months
Laksam railway police in Cumilla said eight months of drives against drugs and smuggling produced 28 cases, 19 arrests and 130.7 kilograms of ganja seized, along with 47 yaba tablets and 60 litres of locally distilled liquor. A second account citing the station's own case record reported 20 cases and 20 arrests for the same period.
Laksam railway police in Cumilla district said their special drives against
drugs and smuggling in the first eight months of the current government produced
28 cases and 19 arrests.[1]A second account, drawn from the station’s
official record of cases and drives, put the eight months from January to
October at 20 cases and 20 arrests.[2]
Police said the eight months produced 130.7 kilograms of ganja in all, along
with 47 yaba tablets, 60 litres of chholai mod, a locally distilled liquor, and
smuggled goods.[1]In January and February officers arrested two men in two
separate drug cases and seized6 kilograms of ganja.[1]In May, four drug
cases brought 10.9 kilograms of ganja and eight yaba tablets, and in June
officers seized 30.9 kilograms of ganja.[1]July brought 7 kilograms of ganja,
30 litres of chholai mod and smuggled Indian syrup, chocolate and whisky, and
August another 52.9 kilograms of ganja and 39 yaba tablets.[1]September
seizures included 21 kilograms of ganja and October 2 kilograms.[1]
That account said the cases were filed under section 36(1) of the Narcotics
Control Act 2018, where schedule 19 sets the penalty band for ganja, schedule 10
for yaba and schedule 24 for chholai mod.[2]The officer in charge, Rajib
Chandra Kar, said the drive against drugs and smuggling was continuing and that
police were working to keep the eastern railway free of crime.[1]
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Neither article gives a date for when the figures were released; 7 November 2026 is their publication date and stands in for the incident date.
The accounts disagree on totals: Dhaka News 24 reports 28 cases and 19 arrests, while Daily Swadhin Shomoy, citing the station's official record, reports 20 cases and 20 arrests; the totals used here are those of the submitted account.
The monthly breakdown of the submitted account fits its 130.7-kilogram total but not its arrest count, and the second account's monthly arrests likewise do not add up to its stated total.
The accounts differ on July seizures, giving 7 kilograms of ganja in one and 17 kilograms in the other, and on the number and type of smuggled items such as cough syrup, hair oil and chocolate.
The 130.7-kilogram ganja total comes from one outlet that says it drew on the station's records; the second account gives no total for ganja.
The 47 yaba tablets, 60 litres of chholai mod and smuggled Indian goods were seized in the same period but are not cannabis figures and are not recorded as such.
No court outcomes or charge sheets were reported for the cases, and the 19 arrested people were not identified.
No estimate of the ganja's value was published.
Both articles are local Bengali outlets reporting the station's own account; no independent reporting of the campaign total was found.
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.
