Photo-printing paper worth Tk 20 lakh, 135 cellphone sets seized
Police seized photo-printing paper worth Tk 20 lakh at Nimtala of the port city on Thursday and customs officials seized a large number of smuggled cellphones at Chittagong airport yesterday.
On information, a DB team seized the paper in 101 cartons on a truck from Nimtala on Thursday night. However, the smugglers as well as the trucker managed to evade arrest. Police say the papers might have been smuggled through Chittagong port.
Meanwhile, a customs preventive team, led by SPS Hamidul Islam, at Chittagong Shah Amanat International Airport recovered 135 cellphone sets worth over Tk 8 lakh from Mohammed Kafil Uddin, a passenger from Dubai around 10:30am.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Kafil brought the cellphones in his coat without declaring them. Officials handed Kafil over to Patenga police.