ZIA customs officials seize goods worth Tk 1crore

By Staff Correspondent
16 July 2006, 18:00 PM
Customs officials at Zia International Airport (ZIA) seized mobile phone accessories and electronics goods worth around Tk 1 crore from cargo complex area yesterday.

The goods in 14 cartons were brought to the airport from Hong Kong by a Bangladesh Biman flight on July 3 under false declaration.

The customs official seized the cartons on July 13 and opened those yesterday, said a press release.

The seized goods include 32,264 mobile phone batteries, 496 pieces of MP3 and MP4, 48 pieces of walkie-talkie battery and nine types of mobile phone accessories, the press release added.