Staff Correspondent

Coast Guard has seized a large quantity of Indian saree cloth and cosmetics smuggled in duty evasion in the area adjacent to Bhuighar under Fatulla police station of Narayanganj district.

Lieutenant Commander Khandaker Munif Taki, media officer of the Coast Guard Headquarters, gave this information on Tuesday afternoon.

He said that on Tuesday 28 November 2023 at approximately 0130 hours, a special operation was conducted by Bangladesh Coast Guard Dhaka Zone BCG Station Pagla under the leadership of Station Commander Lieutenant Ruhan Manjur in the area adjacent to Bhuighar under Fatulla Thana of Narayanganj district. In the operation, when the movement of 1 truck loaded with sand from Sylhet to Dhaka was suspicious, a coast guard member gave a signal to stop in the area adjacent to Kanchpur Bridge. Realizing the presence of the Coast Guard, the truck drivers and illegal traders ignored the signal and moved forward. After that, when the Coast Guard members chased the truck, the truck driver and the illegal trader quickly fled after stopping the truck in the area adjacent to Bhuighar under Fatulla police station. Later, the truck was searched and 2608 pieces of sarees, 1343 pieces of chador and 12048 pieces of skin bright cream illegally imported from India were seized by evading customs duty in a fancy way hidden under the sand.

He further said that the seized sarees, cosmetics and trucks were handed over to Fatulla police station for further legal action.