Madan police arrested 23-year-old Md Jewel Mia with 300 grams of ganja in Netrokona, while two other men fled on seeing the officers.[1] The raid took place on the afternoon of Friday, 30 October, in the Bajitpur Uttarpara area of Ward 5 in Madan Municipality.[1] Jewel is the son of Mallik Mia from Madan Guchchhagram in the same upazila.[1]
Acting on a tip about drug dealing, a Madan station team raided the spot, and three men tried to run away, of whom officers caught one while two escaped.[1] In front of witnesses, officers searched Jewel and recovered 300 grams of ganja wrapped in black polythene tucked behind his black trousers.[1] Officers weighed the drug on a digital machine and entered it in the seizure list.[1] Police put the seized ganja’s estimated market value at 9,000 taka.[1]
During preliminary questioning Jewel named fugitives Md Rafiqul Islam alias Rafiq, 40, and Babul Mia, 45, saying they had long been trading drugs together, though police said that claim was still under investigation.[1] Sub-Inspector Md Akhtaruzzaman filed the case naming Jewel as the main accused and the two fugitives as associates under sections 19(a) of Table 36(1) and 41 of the Narcotics Control Act, 2018.[1] Station chief Salahuddin said the arrested man was sent to court on Saturday and operations to catch the fugitives were continuing.[1]
