In two operations on 11 August 2025, RAB-11 seized 101 kg of marijuana in Narayanganj and arrested six members of a robbery gang.[1] Battalion Commander Lieutenant Colonel H. M. Sajjad Hossain announced the details at a press conference at RAB-11 headquarters that afternoon.[1]
The arrests followed a 5 a.m. operation in the Pachkanirkandi area of Sonargaon, and a later raid on the Meghna-to-Bottola road recovered the 101 kg of marijuana from a mini truck, which was confiscated.[1] Officers also seized locally made weapons: five machetes, two Chinese axes, five knives, a switchgear knife and a large cleaver.[1]
The six men, aged 25 to 57 and all residents of Sonargaon, were named as Mofizul Islam alias Jamil Babu, Saiful Islam Sakib, Md. Manik, Saddam, Shahid and Monir Hossain.[1] According to RAB, the gang robbed vehicles on the Meghna section of the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway by creating artificial traffic jams with tree trunks, targeting foreign-bound travellers carrying cash.[1] The seized drugs are to be handed to the respective police station.[1]
