SRB-13 searched a Rangpur-to-Saidpur bus at Kellaband CO Bazar in Rangpur on 14 November 2026 and seized 16 kg of ganja. Passenger Md Suman Mia, 35, was arrested and handed over with the drugs after a Narcotics Control Act case was filed.
🇧🇩 Kellaband CO Bazar, Kotwali, Rangpur · Bangladesh
On the morning of 14 November 2026, an SRB-13 team from Rangpur carried out an
operation at Kellaband CO Bazar under Kotwali police station in Rangpur city.[1]Officers searched a Rangpur-to-Saidpur bus named Rakib Express and seized16 kg of ganja.[1]They arrested a passenger, 35-year-old Md Suman Mia of
Bhatera in Cumilla Sadar Dakshin.[1]
SRB-13 announced the operation in a press release signed by Senior Assistant
Director (Media) Biplab Kumar Goswami on the evening of Saturday 14 November.[1]The same statement, also published by Banglar Alo News, identifies the bus
as Rakib Express, registration Rangpur Metro-Ba 11-0029, and says the 16 kg of
ganja was seized at 8:30 am on the paved Rangpur-to-Saidpur road.[2]It says
Suman Mia, son of Md Zakir Hossain, of Bhatera (Jangalpur) in Cumilla Sadar
Dakshin, was arrested for keeping the drug in his own custody and transporting
it.[2]
Biplab Kumar Goswami said the arrested accused and the seized exhibits were
handed to the relevant police station for further legal action.[1]SRB filed a
case under the Narcotics Control Act as complainant against the accused.[2]
Photos and video
SRB-13 Rangpur display of taped ganja bundles with a ganja placard and a seized mobile phone under the Special Response Battalion-13 banner. Photo: Dhaka MailPhoto details
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The same articles also report a separate SRB-13 raid the same morning at a house in Baishpur village, Kaharol, Dinajpur, where 20 yaba tablets were seized from a second man; that is a different event and its tablets are excluded from this cannabis report.
No value estimate for the seized ganja was published.
No court outcome beyond the filing of a Narcotics Control Act case was reported.
DB police arrested two men at Kuril Mor in Dhaka's Khilkhet with 50 kg of ganja and 24 bottles of Indian-made cough syrup, seizing a motorcycle used for transport. Police valued the ganja at 1 million taka and filed a case under the Narcotics Control Act, 2018.
Police in Brahmanpara, Cumilla arrested two women carrying 10 kg of ganja taped around their stomachs under burqas. Both were sent to court on 14 November 2026 and police said each already faces two pending narcotics cases.
Chandpur district police arrested 58 people and detained 38 teenagers in special drives on 12-13 November 2026, including seven drug-related suspects. Officers seized 100 grams of ganja alongside yaba tablets, with legal action taken against those arrested.
Police in Dumki, Patuakhali arrested Md Al Amin Chakladar with 100 grams of ganja, Tk 1,700 in alleged drug-sale proceeds and a motorcycle on 13 November 2026. A case was filed at Dumki Police Station under the Narcotics Control Act, 2018 and he was to be sent to court.
