Woman arrested in Sonargaon with 4.2 kg ganja in biscuit packet
SRB-11 arrested 22-year-old Aklima at a highway checkpoint in Sonargaon on 1 November 2026 after finding about 4.2 kg of cannabis hidden in a Lexus biscuit packet. She was travelling as a passenger on a Chattogram-to-Dhaka bus and a Narcotics Control Act case was filed at Sonargaon Police Station.
SRB-11 arrested 22-year-old Mosha. Aklima in Sonargaon, Narayanganj, for
allegedly smuggling cannabis concealed inside biscuit packets using a novel
technique.[1][2][3][4][5][6]An SRB-11 Sadar Company operational team in Narayanganj set up a
highway checkpoint on secret information and detained Aklima as she travelled
disguised as a passenger on a Chattogram-to-Dhaka Tisha Paribahan bus.[1][7][4][5][6]The
arrested woman lives in Kashirampur under Kasba Police Station in Brahmanbaria
and is the wife of Rajesh Sikder.[1][7][2][8][9][4][5][6]
Officers searched the Lexus biscuit packet she was carrying and recovered 4 kg200 grams of ganja, the local term for cannabis, according to the SRB-11
account.[1][7][2][8][4][5][6]The operation took place at about 7:30 pm on Sunday, 1 November,
in front of the Bismillah Filling Station under Sonargaon Police Station on the
Dhaka-Chattogram highway.[1][7][9][4][5][6]
In its press account, SRB-11 described Aklima as an active member of an
organised drug-trafficking ring who had long collected large consignments of
banned drugs from border areas and carried, supplied and sold them in
Narayanganj, Dhaka and nearby districts while evading law enforcement.[1][5][6]A
regular case has been filed against her at Sonargaon Police Station under the
Narcotics Control Act.[1][7][2][8][9][3][4][5][6]
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The article reports the seizure as 4 kg 200 grams in its opening paragraph but as 4 kg 2 grams later; this report uses 4.2 kg and the discrepancy remains unresolved.
Only one outlet account of this checkpoint arrest could be opened; the underlying SRB-11 press release was not found separately.
No court outcome beyond the filing of a Narcotics Control Act case at Sonargaon Police Station was reported.
No court outcome beyond filing of a Narcotics Control Act case at Sonargaon Police Station was reported.
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Arrested 2Cannabis 250 gPrison 1 year 3 monthsFine BDT 2,000
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