Two separate anti-drug operations in Rajapur in Jhalakathi detained two people with ganja and yaba.[1] One of them was given one year and three months of simple imprisonment and a fine by a mobile court.[1] A case was filed against the other person and he was sent to court.[1]
Around 11am on Wednesday 11 November, the Department of Narcotics Control, Jhalakathi conducted a raid on the west side of Rajapur Government College in Rajapur Sadar Union.[1][2] Officers detained 32-year-old Md. Bappy Akan there with 250 grams of ganja and one piece of yaba.[1][2] Upazila executive officer Rifat Ara Mouri conducted the mobile court at the scene.[1][2] The court sentenced Bappy Akan to one year and three months of simple imprisonment and a fine of 2,000 taka.[1][2] Non-payment of the fine carries a further 15 days of simple imprisonment.[1][2] Rifat Ara Mouri confirmed the operation and sentence and said the upazila administration was applying a zero-tolerance policy against drugs in Rajapur and would continue such operations.[2]
In a separate police raid in the Barbakpur area, officers arrested 38-year-old Abdul Hakim from the unpaved road in front of his house with five pieces of yaba.[1] Rajapur police inspector (investigation) Firoz Kamal said a case under the Narcotics Control Act was filed against Abdul Hakim after the yaba seizure.[1]
