Two held with 3 kg of ganja in a CNG auto-rickshaw in Noakhali Sadar
Bangladesh's Department of Narcotics Control arrested a woman, 35, and a man, 34, in Noakhali Sadar upazila as they moved 3 kilograms of ganja in a CNG auto-rickshaw, and seized the drug, two phones and the vehicle. A case under the Narcotics Control Act 2018 was being filed at Sudharam model police station.
🇧🇩 Wabdar Pole Bazar, Ashwadia, Sudharam model thana, Noakhali Sadar, Noakhali · Bangladesh
Officers of the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC), Bangladesh’s drug
enforcement agency, arrested a woman and her companion in Noakhali Sadar upazila
while they were moving ganja in a CNG auto-rickshaw.[1]The two were arrested
during a raid on the evening of Tuesday 3 November 2026, in front of Zia
Pharmacy at Wabdar Pole Bazar in Ashwadia union, under Sudharam model police
station.[1]Those arrested were Fatema Afrin Moni, 35, a resident of Sahapur
in Noakhali municipality, and Md. Sumon, 34, of Madhabsingh village in Rajganj
union of Begumganj upazila.[1]
Officers seized the 3 kilograms of ganja, two button mobile phones and the CNG
auto-rickshaw used to carry the drug.[1]Subrata Sarkar Shuvo, deputy director
of the DNC’s Noakhali district office, said the raid was carried out on a
tip-off and that a regular case was being filed under section 19(a)/41 of the
table in section 36(1) of the Narcotics Control Act 2018 (amended 2020).[1]Noakhali Media places the raid on the evening of the same Tuesday, between 8 pm
and 9 pm.[2]
The DNC deputy director said such drives against drugs would continue.[1]
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No court outcome, plea or custody decision was reported; the case was still being filed when the articles were published.
The submitted report gives no time of day for the raid; Noakhali Media places it between 8 pm and 9 pm on 3 November.
Noakhali Media writes the location as Wafdar Pole Bazar while the submitted report has Wabdar Pole Bazar; both appear to denote the same bazaar.
The DNC gave no value estimate for the 3 kilograms of ganja, and neither article states where the consignment came from or where it was being taken.
Noakhali Media names a DNC sub-inspector as complainant in the case at Sudharam model police station; the submitted report does not name the complainant.
Both articles reproduce the same DNC district office account, and no DNC statement page or national outlet report was found, so the accounts may not be fully independent.
The photos on both pages carry no caption identifying what they show, so they are listed as media links without a claim that they depict the seizure or the arrested people.
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.
