Special Response Battalion (SRB)-9 arrested 25-year-old Md Alam Mia with 32 kg of ganja in Nabiganj, Habiganj.[1][2] The operation took place at a checkpoint on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Debpara Union at about 3:55 a.m. on Friday 30 October.[1][2] Alam Mia is the son of the late Touhid Mia from Meherpur village in Madhabpur upazila.[1][2] Officers signalled the suspect black Noah vehicle to stop, and detained the man after he got out and tried to flee.[1][2]

Officers recovered 32 kg of ganja from two plastic sacks kept between the vehicle’s seats after he admitted the cannabis was in his custody.[1][2][3] The cannabis was wrapped in blue polythene and khaki scotch tape.[4] Officers also seized the black Noah vehicle used to carry the cannabis.[1][2]

The Shayestaganj camp team set up the checkpoint after a late-night tip that traders were moving drugs from Madhabpur toward Sylhet in a black Noah.[1] In initial questioning he said he had collected the ganja from a border area of Habiganj to sell.[1][2] SRB-9 processed a case under the Narcotics Control Act, 2018, and handed him and the seized items to Nabiganj police station.[1][2] SRB-9 said its intelligence work and operations continue to implement the zero-tolerance policy against drugs.[1]