A dealer was caught red handed with 40kg of marijuana after a raid on a house in Tongi, Gazipur, in the early hours of Saturday.
Officials of the Department of Narcotics Control raided the house of Mohammad Kaoser, 32, in the Aauspara area, on a tip-off, around 2am, and made the haul.
Mohammad Meraj Mia, 25, was arrested with the 40kg of marijuana, the department’s Gazipur circle Inspector Dewan Mohammad Zillur Rahman said.
The house owner, Kaoser, managed to flee the scene, he said.
A case was filed against them at Tongi police station under the Narcotics Control Act 1990.