Youth jailed one year in Narail over 11 ganja packets
Police detained Sumon Molla, also called Shahidul, with 11 puria of ganja at his maternal uncle's house in Rajapur, Kalia, on 1 November 2026. A mobile court sentenced him to one year's non-rigorous imprisonment and a 100-taka fine, after which he was sent to district jail.
Police in Kalia Upazila of Narail detained a youth identified as Sumon Molla,
also called Shahidul, with ganja and later produced him before a mobile court
where the judge imposed jail and a fine.[1]The convicted youth is the son of
Mikail Molla of Kathadura village under Naragati police station.[1]Kalia
upazila executive officer and mobile-court judge Md. Jinnatul Islam sentenced
him to one year’s non-rigorous imprisonment and a 100-taka fine.[1]
Acting on secret information on Sunday noon, members of Kalia police station’s
Baronal investigation centre caught him at his maternal uncle’s house in Rajapur
with 11 puria, or small packets, of ganja.[1]Members of the upazila’s Baronal
police investigation centre made the detention around noon on Sunday, 1
November.[1]
Kalia police station officer-in-charge Idris Ali said the youth was produced
before the mobile court after being arrested with ganja and the judge imposed
jail and a fine.[1]He said the youth was afterwards sent to the district
jail.[1]
Case data
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No weight for the 11 puria of ganja was published, so no kilograms can be recorded.
The article writes the arrest day as Sunday (1 November) with a typographical error in the month, while its publication date is 1 November 2026, which is used as the incident date.
The youth's alias is spelled both সাহিদুল and শহিদুল in the article; the report uses the first form.
Only one accessible source for this event was found after searching in Bengali and English.
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Police in Rajbari Sadar, Bangladesh, detained four men with yaba and ganja in a special operation on 10 November 2026, and a summary court jailed them for terms of seven to 14 days for drug use. Two of the four were caught with a puri, a small retail packet, of ganja; the other two had yaba tablets, which are not counted in the cannabis figures.
Arrested 4Sentenced 4Prison 14 days, 12 days, 7 days and 7 days
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