Police in Nalchiti, Jhalakati District, arrested a 33-year-old woman named Iti Akter Roni after a raid on her home.[1] Officers found 160 grams of ganja wrapped in a white polythene bag inside the earthen stove of the kitchen of the house.[1] Officers also seized 1,500 taka that police said was money from drug sales.[1] The raid was carried out on Friday evening in the Nanguli area of Ward 2 of Nalchiti Municipality on the basis of secret information.[1]
The operation ran from 3:10 pm to 4:30 pm.[1] The ganja was found in the stove on the northern side of the kitchen.[1] Police identified the arrested woman as the daughter of Nur-e Alam Hawlader of the area and the wife of Miraj Majhi.[1]
The acting officer-in-charge of Nalchiti police station, Touhizzaman Sohag, said the drive against drugs was continuing and that no one involved in the drug trade would be spared.[1] He said the process of taking legal action in the case was under way.[1]
