Driver arrested as police seize 40 kg of ganja from car in Ramgarh
Police in Ramgarh, Khagrachhari, stopped a private car on the night of 31 October 2026 and found 40 kg of ganja packed in 80 packets inside two sacks. They arrested the driver, Syed Mohammad Khaled, 29, filed a case under the Narcotics Control Act and sent him to a Khagrachhari court.
🇧🇩 Nakapa Bazar, Patachhara Union, Ramgarh, Khagrachhari · Bangladesh
- Arrested
- 1
- Cannabis
- 40 kg
Police in Ramgarh, Khagrachhari, recovered 40 kg of ganja, the local word for
cannabis, from a private car at Nakapa, on the Ramgarh–Jaliapara road, and
arrested the driver, Syed Mohammad Khaled, 29.[1] The arrest happened at about
9:30 pm on Saturday 31 October 2026.[1] Khaled is the son of Md Humayun Kabir
and Salma Begum of the Swanirbhor area of Khagrachhari Sadar upazila.[1]
Officers also seized the car, Dhaka Metro-Kha-11-7209.[1]
Police and local witnesses said a car heading for Ramgarh was speeding along the
Jaliapara road when locals became suspicious and informed the Hafchhari police
outpost.[1] Officers chased the car and stopped it at Nakapa Bazar.[2]
Nakapa lies in Patachhara Union of Ramgarh upazila.[3] An agitated crowd
smashed the car’s front window before the search.[1]
Inside, officers found the ganja wrapped in 80 packets and packed into two
sacks.[1] Ramgarh police station Officer-in-Charge Md Nazir Alam said police
arrested one man with the car and the 40 kg of ganja with help from locals.[1]
A case was filed under the Narcotics Control Act, and he was sent to
Khagrachhari court.[1] He was presented before the court on Sunday 1 November.[3]
Sources
- স্থানীয়দের সন্দেহে ধরা পড়ল গাঁজাভর্তি প্রাইভেটকার. Cvoice24, 1 November 2026. In Bangla.
- রামগড়ে ৪০ কেজি গাঁজা ও প্রাইভেটকারসহ আটক-১. Paharer Khabor, 1 November 2026. In Bangla.
- রামগড়ে গাঁজা বোঝাই প্রাইভেটকারসহ যুবক গ্রেফতার. Daily Naya Diganta, 1 November 2026. In Bangla.
Open questions the AI reported
- No estimated value for the 40 kg of ganja was published.
- No court outcome beyond the first appearance on 1 November was reported.
- Two reports put the arrest at about 9:30 pm; a third put it at about 10 pm.
- One report said the car, driver and ganja were taken to Guimara police station, while the officer quoted is from Ramgarh police station; the reports do not explain the reference.
- The three accounts quote the same police officer and largely repeat the same wording; no independent reporting or police statement page was found.