200 g of ganja seized as 31 held in Rajshahi drug sweep
Rajshahi Metropolitan Police detained eight people in drug drives on 3 November 2026, seizing 200 grams of ganja alongside tapentadol tablets. The eight were among 31 people held across city thana and detective-police drives that day, with drug cases filed and the accused sent to jail.
Rajshahi Metropolitan Police detained 31 people, including seven alleged drug
traders and one drug user, in separate drives by several city police stations.[1][2]The drives took place on Tuesday 3 November in the metropolitan area.[1]The drives spanned the Chandrima, Paba, Belpukur, Boalia, Karnahar and Motihar
thanas.[1][2]
Police put the seizure in those drives at 80 tapentadol tablets, 200 grams of
ganja and Tk 16,500 said to be drug-sale proceeds.[1][2]In Chandrima’s Balanagar
area officers held 49-year-old Anisur Rahman with 70 tapentadol tablets and the
Tk 16,500, while his wife fled after sensing the police presence.[1]In Paba,
Suman Ali and Al-Amin were held with 10 tapentadol tablets.[1]Belpukur police
held Noyon Ali with 100 grams of ganja, and Boalia’s Shiroil outpost held Monir
and Liton with 50 grams of ganja.[1]Karnahar police held Foysal Rahman with
20 grams of ganja, and Motihar police held Ruman on an allegation of consuming
ganja and tapentadol.[1]
City police spokesperson Deputy Commissioner (Sadar) Md Gaziur Rahman confirmed
the account on Wednesday afternoon.[1][2]Those held were later sent to jail
through the court.[1][2]Police said an operation was under way to arrest the
woman who had fled.[1]
A separate set of drives the same day detained 23 more people in total.[1]
The police statement dates the Chandrima drive in Balanagar to about 9 pm on 3 November 2026 and gives the age of the wife who fled, Shirina Begum, as 44.[3]The Chandrima detainee and his fugitive wife had been running a drug business together for a long time, the statement said after questioning him.[3]The statement says Noyon Ali, held in Belpukur with 100 grams of ganja, already faced three drug cases at Belpukur police station.[3]Liton, held with Monir at the Shiroil outpost, had long worked as Monir’s partner in drug dealing, the statement said.[3]Ruman, held in Motihar for consuming ganja and tapentadol, already faced three drug cases and two Penal Code cases at Motihar police station.[3]Ruman was taken to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital for a health check before a case was filed against him at Motihar police station on the doctors’ opinion.[3]The 23 people held in the same day’s separate thana and detective-police drives comprised six wanted on warrants, six in drug cases and 11 in other cases, the police force said in its own release.[4]Prokash Kal put the total ganja recovery in the drives at 170 grams rather than the 200 grams police reported.[5]Prokash Kal placed the Boalia Shiroil outpost drive in the Shalbagan area and said the 50 grams of ganja were found on Monir alone.[5]Prokash Kal placed the Paba drive at Duari village under Nauhata municipality.[5]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The eight drug-drive arrests are seven alleged traders plus one alleged user; the 31 total includes 23 warrant, drug-case and other-case arrests reported separately, which are not counted as cannabis arrests.
The itemised cannabis amounts of 100 grams, 50 grams and 20 grams sum to 170 grams, less than the 200 grams police gave as the drive total; no amount was stated for the alleged consumption case.
The 80 tapentadol tablets and Tk 16,500 in alleged sale proceeds are non-cannabis items and are excluded from the cannabis figures.
No second outlet or agency statement for this sweep was found after searching in Bengali and English.
No charge sheets, remand details or court outcomes beyond jail through the court were reported.
Some quotations from the Bangla page are given as shorter excerpts because the capture mixes precomposed and decomposed forms of the letter ya, which do not match character for character.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Ajker Bangladesh: Police filed separate cases under the Narcotics Control Act at the concerned police stations.
Left out charges, as its quotation was not found in Ajker Bangladesh.
Prokash Kal reports 170 grams of ganja for the drives, against the 200 grams the RMP statement and Rajshahir Somoy give; the police total is kept.
Prokash Kal says the 50 grams of ganja were found on Monir alone, while the RMP statement reports a total of 50 grams from arrests of both Monir and Liton.
The RMP statement gives Noyon Ali's three earlier drug cases, saying in one place that they are at Belpukur and in its opening line attributing them to Karnahar thana; the account is inconsistent on this point.
The Rajshahir Somoy capture gives no location for the Boalia outpost drive; the RMP statement and Prokash Kal place it in the Shalbagan area.
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.
