Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) officers detained four men with ganja and yaba in Narail Sadar Upazila, and a mobile court later gave them jail terms and fines.[1] The detained and sentenced men were 29-year-old Md Khairuzzaman Abhi of Dumurtala, 29-year-old Md Aminur Rahman of Chandiborpur, 32-year-old Palash Mallik of Musurua and 40-year-old Prashanta Kumar Das of Kurigram.[1] Executive Magistrate Md Rubel Sheikh sentenced Khairuzzaman to two months of simple imprisonment and a 100-taka fine, Aminur to four months and an 800-taka fine, Palash to one month and a 500-taka fine and Prashanta to two months and a 400-taka fine.[1] After sentencing the four were sent to the district jail.[1]

Acting on secret information, a DNC team operated in the Dumurtala, Chandiborpur and Kurigram areas of Sadar Upazila from 10 am to noon on Monday 2 November.[1] Officers caught Khairuzzaman with 20 grams of ganja (cannabis) in Dumurtala, Aminur with 30 yaba tablets in Chandiborpur, and Palash with one yaba tablet and Prashanta with nine yaba tablets in Kurigram.[1]

The DNC Narail office announced the operation and the sentences in a press release on the night of Monday 2 November.[2] Narail DNC deputy director Golok Majumdar said the four were produced before the mobile court after detention, the judge gave jail terms and fines, and they were then sent to district jail.[2]