6 kg of ganja seized from bus passenger at a Dhaka check post
Yatrabari police of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested one drug dealer named Mohammad Subu Mia at the entrance of the Sayedabad Janapod Mor flyover check post on 12 November 2026. Officers recovered 6 kg of ganja from his shoulder bag and said a regular case against him was under way.
Yatrabari Police Station officers of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police, the
capital’s police force, arrested a drug dealer named Mohammad Subu Mia at a
check post in the Yatrabari area of Dhaka.[1]Officers said they were running
a check post at the entrance of the Sayedabad Janapod Mor flyover when they
stopped him on suspicion after he tried to get off a bus and leave quickly.[1]The search of his shoulder bag found 6 kg of ganja, the local term for dried
cannabis, which officers recovered.[1]
Police said a regular case against the arrested man was under way.[1]The
Dhaka Metropolitan Police media centre told the media of the arrest in a press
notice issued on 12 November 2026.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Cannabis
6 kg
Agency
Dhaka Metropolitan Police, Yatrabari police station
No age, address or court outcome was given for Mohammad Subu Mia, and the report names no value estimate for the ganja.
The 6 kg figure is the account of the Yatrabari police station repeated in a DMP media-centre press notice; no separate outlet or independent count was found.
The VOD Bangla page image is captioned only with the headline and is marked a collected photo, with no credit confirming it shows this seizure, so it is not listed as media.
The University of Chattogram's proctorial body and security department detained Ledu Mia, a resident of the area around the campus, with ganja in the Kolar Jhupri part of the campus on the evening of 13 November 2026. The university said a significant quantity of the drug was recovered and handed the man and the ganja to the police for further legal action.
Police in Nalchiti, Jhalakati District, raided a house on a tip-off and seized 160 grams of ganja hidden in the earthen kitchen stove, along with 1,500 taka said to come from drug sales. Iti Akter Roni, 33, was arrested, and police said legal action was being taken as the anti-drug drive continued.
Barisal Metropolitan Police's Detective Branch arrested Abdul Jalil Akon, 35, with 300 grams of ganja in the Chandmari Kheyaghat area of Barisal city on 13 November 2026. Police said he had made his own press card and used a journalist's identity while running a drug trade from rented rooms in the city, and a case was filed against him under the Narcotics Control Act.
Narsingdi district police arrested 36 people in separate Detective Branch and thana operations on 12 November 2026 and reported seizing 14 kg of ganja. A 62-year-old trader facing 26 earlier cases was caught with 12 kg in Madhabdi, and 2 kg more turned up in a shoe-polish box during a body search at a Raipura checkpoint.
