SRB raid in Mongla’s Balurmath: 15kg of cannabis seized, four arrested
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The Special Response Battalion (SRB-6) Khulna Sadar Company has arrested four drug traders with 15kg of cannabis from the Balurmath area under Mongla police station in Bagerhat.
The special drive was conducted around 11:30pm on Wednesday in the Balur Math area of Ward No 5 of Mongla Port municipality.
The arrestees are Rumi Islam, 32, Md Parvez, 21, Mosa. Moyna, 24, and Mosa. Fatema, 30. All four live in the Shram Kalyan Road, Balurmath area of Ward No 5 of Mongla municipality.
An SRB-6 press release said 15kg of cannabis was seized from the arrestees. Later, a regular case was filed against them under the Narcotics Control Act and they were handed over to Mongla police station along with the recovered drugs.
The SRB-6 media wing said such drives by the SRB force will continue to arrest absconding accused in regular cases, convicts and wanted criminals, recover illegal arms and drugs, and curb sensational crimes.
Background
According to a report by The Daily Star Bangla on 10 September 2026, the 13th Jatiya Sangsad passed the Special Response Battalion (SRB) Bill, 2026 by voice vote that day, abolishing the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB).
Force chief Ahsan Habib Palash said on 16 September 2026 that the gazette renaming RAB as SRB had been published and that the force had started working under the new name from that day, Dhaka Times reported.
District angle
According to a Khobor Sangjog report of 1 September 2026, the then RAB arrested a man with about 50kg of cannabis in the Digraj area under Mongla police station on the night of 31 August.
At a glance
According to a Prothom Alo report of 3 September 2026, the SRB is a specialised unit under the police; RAB’s manpower, powers, assets and ongoing cases have been transferred to this force.
Sources
Background sources: The Daily Star Bangla, 10 September 2026; Dhaka Times, 16 September 2026; Prothom Alo, 3 September 2026; Khobor Sangjog, 1 September 2026
