Police arrested 604 people in various criminal cases in Ukhiya, Cox’s Bazar, over the past three months.[1][2] Data from Ukhiya Police Station show the operations were conducted over 90 days from 1 August to 31 October 2026.[1][2] Of the 604 held, 61 were identified as drug traders, 239 were wanted on arrest warrants and 189 were accused in regular criminal cases.[1][2] A further 32 people received sentences of varying terms through mobile courts.[1][2] Among those arrested were 67 members of teenage gangs.[1][2]

Only the 3 kg of ganja is counted as cannabis here, while the yaba tablets and liquor are excluded from the cannabis figures.[1][2] Officers also seized four battery-powered three-wheelers, one CNG-run auto-rickshaw and three mobile phones allegedly used in drug transportation.[1] The recovered weapons included one pistol, one locally made one-shooter gun, one single-barrel firearm, one magazine, five rounds of ammunition and a dagger.[1][2] In anti-smuggling operations police seized 54 sacks of fertiliser and 2,000 injections, alongside impounding 17 motorcycles during various operations.[1]

Ukhiya Police Station Officer-in-Charge Atikur Rahman provided the information about the operations.[1] Police statistics also show that 263 General Register cases were filed at Ukhiya Police Station during the 90-day period, of which 257 were disposed of.[1][2]

Police said 2 people were arrested under section 54 and 12 under section 151 of the Code of Criminal Procedure and 2 under section 290 of the Penal Code.[2]

Officer-in-Charge Md Atikur Rahman Majumder took charge of Ukhiya Police Station on 9 July 2026.[3] The officer said Ukhiya Police Station had been freed of middlemen, known locally as dalal, on the instructions of the district police superintendent.[3]