Five held in separate Nalchity raids; 50 g of ganja seized with three
Police in Nalchity upazila, Jhalokati, arrested five men in separate anti-drug drives on the evening and night of 9 November 2026. Three of them were held with 50 grams of ganja at Tak Bazar, while yaba tablets were also recovered in an earlier drive; separate cases were filed against all five under the Narcotics Control Act.
Police in Nalchity upazila of Jhalokati district arrested five people in
separate anti-drug drives.[1][2][3][4][5]The drives ran from the evening into the night
on Monday 9 November across different areas of the upazila.[1][3]
In a later drive at Tak Bazar police held three more men.[1][4][5]Officers
recovered 50 grams of ganja in that later drive.[1][5]
The officer in charge of Nalchity police station spoke about the separate
drives.[1][4]
The same officer said police operations against drugs would continue.[1][4]Earlier the same evening, on the Godanda bridge in Subidpur union, police arrested one man and recovered 40 yaba tablets from him, a yaba count outside this report’s cannabis figures.[1]Across the three operations police seized 45 Yaba tablets in total alongside the cannabis.[5]
The next morning, police in Jhalokati town staged a special drill against terrorism, sabotage and drugs, riding out from the Sadar police station by motorcycle and pickup.[4]
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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.
