In the Palash upazila of Narsingdi district, police arrested 52-year-old Rushan Pathan during an operation after finding him with one cannabis plant.[1] The arrest happened at midday on Thursday, 29 October, when officers took him from the Majherchar area of Jinardi Union within that same upazila.[1] Police identified the arrested man as Rushan Pathan, the son of the late Hashem Pathan, who belongs to the same Majherchar area where he was held.[1]
Police said officers of Palash Thana, the local police station serving the area, conducted the raid in Majherchar village at around 1:30 pm on that Thursday afternoon.[1] During that village raid, officers arrested Rushan Pathan with one cannabis plant, described in Bengali in the case as a ganjar gach.[1]
Palash police station officer-in-charge Md Shahed Alam, the officer in charge of the thana, said a case was filed against the arrested man under the Narcotics Control Act.[1] Alam added that after the case filing, the arrested man was sent onwards to the district court in Narsingdi for further legal proceedings.[1]
